THIS sounds intriguing. The strings go THRU the pickup. I pulled the image out of their source code, so maybe it won't allow remote links.
Early '50s Fender Non-Pedal Lap Steel Guitar Pickup - Deluxe / Dual Professional
This is a trapezoid-shaped box-car pickup from an early '50s D6 Fender Dual Professional. The same pickups were used on Fender's Deluxe lap steel, and if they made any six-string versions of the triple-necked Custom lap steels, then they also used these pickups. The strings on these models go through the center of the pickups.
Weirdo 1950s pickup
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Weirdo 1950s pickup
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