By Celine Brooks · Lighting & Décor Writer
Searching for a “Turkish Lights alternative” usually means one of two things: someone has already been browsing turkishlights.net and wants to see what else is out there before they buy, or they typed in the competitor's name because it's the site that kept coming up while they researched handmade Turkish mosaic lamps. Either way, the shopper already knows roughly what they want — a hand-cut colored glass lamp, not a mass-produced plastic imitation — and is now comparing specific sellers rather than deciding whether the style is right for them at all.
This guide lines up what's actually published on each site: what each seller sells, how they describe their own handmade process, what things cost by category, where orders ship from, and what customization options exist. Every claim about Turkish Lights below comes from turkishlights.net's own site copy, and every claim about Mosaic Age comes from mosaicage.com's own listings. Nothing here is a guess, and nothing here is a knock on either business — it's a side-by-side look so a shopper can decide with real information instead of guesswork.
Both sellers describe genuinely handmade Turkish mosaic lamps, but the concrete differences are in product range, price by category, and shipping origin: Turkish Lights carries a wider format range (including chandeliers and sconces) and ships from Istanbul, while Mosaic Age ships from the USA in 2–5 days and tends to price lower on comparable table and floor lamps.
Who Is Turkish Lights, and Why This Comparison Comes Up
Turkish Lights (turkishlights.net) is a real, established online retailer whose site title is “Turkish Lights & Mosaic Lamps.” The business specializes in Turkish mosaic lighting fixtures and states on its site that it has been operating since 2008, which makes it one of the longer-running names shoppers run into while researching this style of lamp.
Because Turkish Lights carries a broad catalog and a recognizable name in the mosaic lighting space, it's a natural first stop for a lot of shoppers — and a natural point of comparison once they start looking around. The sections below set the two sites' own published details next to each other: what each one sells, how each one describes its handmade process, and what each one charges, ships, and offers by way of customization.
What Each Site Actually Sells
Turkish Lights' catalog is broad. It lists table lamps, floor lamps, chandeliers in Sultan and Water Drop styles, pendant lights, wall sconces, candle holders, and replacement globes, spanning sizes from small single-globe pieces up to large multi-globe installations with 15 or more globes.
Mosaic Age's published lineup is narrower and more focused: table, desk, and bedside lamps plus floor lamps, offered across six shapes — Round Ball, Swan Neck, Pitcher & Ewer, Cylindrical, Three-Tier Floor, and Five-Tier Floor. Mosaic Age's current listings don't include chandeliers, pendant lights, wall sconces, or candle holders, so a shopper who specifically wants a hanging chandelier or a sconce is looking at a format Turkish Lights carries and Mosaic Age doesn't currently list.
For anyone trying to decide between a hanging fixture and a standing one in the first place, it's worth reading Mosaic Chandelier vs Floor Lamp: Which Is Right for You? before comparing sellers — the right format often narrows the choice on its own.
A Concrete Example: Comparing Floor Lamps
Numbers are easier to weigh with an actual product in front of you. Mosaic Age's Deep Blue Handmade Turkish Floor Lamps with 3 Globes is listed at $198.99 — a three-globe floor lamp in deep blue glass. Turkish Lights' floor lamps, as a category, are priced from $249 to $350 on its site. That's a direct, same-format comparison point: a three-globe floor lamp from Mosaic Age against the floor lamp price band Turkish Lights publishes, with no adjustment or opinion needed — the numbers speak for themselves.
If floor lamps in general aren't a clear fit — maybe a smaller table or bedside piece makes more sense for the room — Mosaic Floor Lamp vs Table Lamp: Which to Choose walks through the practical tradeoffs (light spread, footprint, how each format reads in a room) before narrowing down to a specific shape or size.
The “Handmade” Claim on Both Sides
Both businesses lead with a handmade claim, and it's worth being precise about what each one actually says. Turkish Lights describes its products as “100% Handmade” and “authentic handmade Turkish mosaic lighting,” stating items are handcrafted by skilled Turkish artisans using traditional mosaic techniques and handcrafted in Istanbul.
Mosaic Age's own site describes its lamps as handmade in the Turkish style — language worth reading carefully, because it's not the same claim as “imported from Turkey” or “made in Istanbul.” Mosaic Age states that every globe is hand-cut from colored glass and that no two lamps are identical, and that the glass itself is genuine colored glass, never plastic or printed film — but the lamps are made in the Turkish style rather than manufactured overseas, and the site ships them from the USA.
Anyone who wants to understand what “handmade” and “authentic” actually mean for this category — how to tell hand-cut glass from printed or molded imitations, regardless of which seller it comes from — should read Are Turkish Mosaic Lamps Authentic? A Buyer's Guide to Spotting Real Hand-Cut Glass before comparing marketing language across any two sites.
Neither claim is disprovable from the outside, and neither should be read as a knock on the other. The practical difference for a shopper is simpler than it sounds: one business makes its lamps in Istanbul and ships them from there, and the other makes its lamps in the Turkish style and ships them from a US warehouse. Both are handmade claims; they're just describing different parts of the process, and it's worth reading each site's own wording rather than assuming the two phrases mean the same thing.
Price by Category
Turkish Lights' pricing spans a wide range depending on category: entry-level DIY glass pieces run $3–$4, table lamps run $35–$99, floor lamps run $249–$350, and chandeliers run $99–$600, with one 15-ball chandelier shown on sale at $495 as an example of the top end of that range.
Mosaic Age's catalog runs roughly $44.95 to $198.99 and up overall. Desk, table, and bedside lamps commonly fall between $44.95 and $69, while floor lamps run from $133.99 to $198.99 and above.
Lined up by category, table lamps at Mosaic Age generally sit at or below the low end of Turkish Lights' $35–$99 table lamp range, and Mosaic Age's floor lamps ($133.99–$198.99+) sit below Turkish Lights' published $249–$350 floor lamp band. Turkish Lights is the only one of the two currently listing chandeliers, with that category priced from $99 up to $600. For a fuller breakdown of what drives price within this category — size, number of globes, shape — Turkish Mosaic Lamp Price Guide: By Size & Type goes into more detail than a single side-by-side table can.
Shipping Origin and Delivery Speed
Turkish Lights states on its site that it ships lamps from Istanbul, Turkey. Some customer reviews on the site describe international delivery in as little as 2–4 days, but that's a claim made by individual reviewers rather than a shipping policy or guarantee published by the seller, so it's worth treating as anecdotal rather than a stated turnaround time.
Mosaic Age ships from the USA, with orders dispatched in 1–2 business days and delivery within 2–5 days. Every Mosaic Age lamp also arrives with its bulb included as part of that same shipment, so there's no separate bulb order to track down before the lamp can be used.
For a shopper weighing the two, the practical question is usually whether an international shipment from Istanbul or a domestic shipment from a US warehouse fits their timeline better — both are real, published shipping origins, and neither site's own copy states a reason to prefer one over the other beyond the origin and the stated dispatch and delivery windows above.
Customization
Turkish Lights offers globe-color customization before checkout, which lets a shopper choose the color mix on certain pieces ahead of ordering rather than picking from fixed, pre-set combinations.
Mosaic Age's current product listings don't mention a globe-color customization option on individual orders — shoppers choose from the shapes and finished color combinations shown on each product page rather than specifying a custom mix.
More Buying-Guide Resources
This comparison is one piece of a larger buying-guide library Mosaic Age maintains on its site: the Turkish Lamp Guide hub currently holds more than 280 published articles covering shapes, sizing, care, shipping, and authenticity questions for this category of lamp.
For a broader look at where to shop for this style of lamp in general — not just a single seller-versus-seller comparison — Where to Buy Authentic Turkish Mosaic Lamps (2026 Guide) rounds up the considerations worth checking on any site before ordering, from material claims to shipping origin to return terms.
When Turkish Lights Might Be the Better Fit
If a shopper specifically wants a chandelier — in the Sultan or Water Drop style — or a pendant light, wall sconce, or one of the larger multi-globe installations with 15 or more globes, Turkish Lights carries those formats directly and Mosaic Age's current lineup doesn't.
Turkish Lights is also the choice for a shopper who wants to customize globe colors before checkout, or who specifically wants a piece described as handcrafted in Istanbul by a business that states it has been operating since 2008. None of that is a knock on Mosaic Age — it's simply outside what Mosaic Age currently lists.
When Mosaic Age Might Be the Better Fit
If domestic USA shipping matters — orders dispatched in 1–2 business days with 2–5 day delivery, and no international leg to plan around — that's how Mosaic Age ships every order.
On price, Mosaic Age's table and floor lamps generally land at or below the comparable Turkish Lights categories: table/desk/bedside lamps commonly run $44.95–$69 versus Turkish Lights' $35–$99 range, and Mosaic Age floor lamps run $133.99–$198.99+ versus Turkish Lights' $249–$350 floor lamp band.
Shoppers focused specifically on table, desk, bedside, or floor lamps — rather than chandeliers, pendants, or sconces — have six shapes to choose from at Mosaic Age: Round Ball, Swan Neck, Pitcher & Ewer, Cylindrical, Three-Tier Floor, and Five-Tier Floor, each hand-cut from genuine colored glass with the bulb included.
A side-by-side look at what's published on each site as of this writing:
| Mosaic Age | Turkish Lights | |
|---|---|---|
| What's sold | Table, desk, and bedside lamps plus floor lamps, in six shapes | Table lamps, floor lamps, chandeliers (Sultan and Water Drop styles), pendant lights, wall sconces, candle holders, replacement globes |
| Handmade claim | “Handmade in the Turkish style” — hand-cut colored glass, no two lamps identical | “100% Handmade,” described as handcrafted by Turkish artisans, handcrafted in Istanbul |
| Table/desk/bedside lamp price range | $44.95–$69 | $35–$99 |
| Floor lamp price range | $133.99–$198.99+ | $249–$350 |
| Chandelier price range | Not currently offered | $99–$600 |
| Ships from | USA (dispatched 1–2 business days, 2–5 day delivery) | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Bulb included | Yes | Not stated on their site |
| Globe color customization before checkout | Not listed on current product pages | Offered |
Making the Decision
Both sellers are real businesses making genuinely handmade Turkish mosaic lamps, described in their own words rather than anyone else's. The honest differences come down to format range, price by category, and where the order ships from — not which business makes a “better” lamp, which isn't something either site's own published facts can settle.
A shopper who wants a chandelier, a customized globe color, or a piece handcrafted in Istanbul by a business operating since 2008 has good reason to stay with Turkish Lights. A shopper focused on table or floor lamps, USA-based shipping in 2–5 days, and lower price points on comparable pieces has good reason to look at Mosaic Age — starting with the $198.99 three-globe floor lamp used as an example above, or by browsing the shape and price guides linked throughout this article.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mosaic Age based in Turkey?
No. Mosaic Age describes its lamps as handmade in the Turkish style, which refers to the technique and design tradition, not the country of manufacture or shipping. Mosaic Age ships from the USA, with orders dispatched in 1–2 business days and delivered in 2–5 days.
Does Turkish Lights ship internationally, and how long does it take?
Turkish Lights states on its site that it ships lamps from Istanbul, Turkey. Some customer reviews on the site mention international delivery in as little as 2–4 days, but that's a reviewer's personal experience rather than a stated shipping policy, so it shouldn't be treated as a guarantee.
Can I buy a chandelier from Mosaic Age?
Mosaic Age's current lineup covers table, desk, bedside, and floor lamps in six shapes, but doesn't currently include chandeliers. Turkish Lights carries chandeliers in Sultan and Water Drop styles. See Mosaic Chandelier vs Floor Lamp: Which Is Right for You? for help deciding which format suits a space.
How much does a three-globe floor lamp cost?
Mosaic Age's Deep Blue Handmade Turkish Floor Lamps with 3 Globes is $198.99. Turkish Lights' floor lamps, as a category, are priced $249–$350 on its site.
Is the mosaic glass real glass, or printed film?
Mosaic Age states its lamps use real, genuine colored glass — never plastic or printed film — hand-cut so that no two lamps are identical. Turkish Lights' site doesn't include a specific statement about glass versus film on its product pages, so that detail isn't addressed here. See Are Turkish Mosaic Lamps Authentic? A Buyer's Guide to Spotting Real Hand-Cut Glass for general tips on spotting hand-cut glass.
Does the lamp come with a bulb?
Every Mosaic Age lamp arrives with its bulb included. Turkish Lights' site doesn't state whether a bulb is included with its lamps, so that isn't addressed here.
Can I customize the globe colors?
Turkish Lights offers globe-color customization before checkout. Mosaic Age's current product listings don't mention a customization option — shoppers choose from the finished shapes and color combinations shown on each product page.
How fast will my order ship?
Mosaic Age dispatches orders in 1–2 business days from the USA, with delivery in 2–5 days. Turkish Lights ships from Istanbul, Turkey; some customer reviews on its site mention delivery in 2–4 days, though that's anecdotal rather than a stated policy.
What shapes does Mosaic Age offer?
Six shapes: Round Ball, Swan Neck, Pitcher & Ewer, Cylindrical, Three-Tier Floor, and Five-Tier Floor, across table, desk, bedside, and floor lamp formats. See Turkish Mosaic Lamp Price Guide: By Size & Type for how price tends to track with size and shape.
