A NOS late 80's/early 90's 175W Lights Of America mercury vapour lamp that came with an unused cheapy L.O.A. plastic compact bucket light I found at the thrift store.
weren't these rebranded philips lamps or were they just outsourced junk? IIRC the electronic HPS tallpacks from the same era came with philips lamps and the NOS LOA shoplite in my grandpa's basement has philips cool white tubes in them.
That definitely looks like a GE bulb, down to the etch. I've never seen a LOA mercury fixture though I heard they existed. It's a shame their electronic ballasts (and fixtures) were made so poorly, because they had some unique designs. I remember Home Depot selling 50w HPS brass-coated coach light fixtures made by LOA for $99. Wish I had at least taken a picture of the boxes as they were quite nice. I've never seen one on a house, probably because the electronic ballast failed early.
Hey Darren, you have a picture of the fixture? I would like to see some pics.