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1900-1991
GUSN-10337
Arced wire handle and cage around glass bulb with fluted, stepped round metal base and top; bent tubes at sides; regular piercing under top
lanterns (lighting devices)
cloth
glass (material)
metal
molding (forming)
nailing
piercing
turning (shaping process)
wire
wood (plant material)
Unidentified Metal
Turned
Nailed
Wire
Glass
Cloth
Molded
Pierced
LANTERN
Embossed on 1) top 2) on glass: 1) New York/ Dietz/ Vesta [in oval]/ *U.S.A.* N.Y.N.H.& H. [lower top] 2) B & A [front] C [motif around] NX
Unknown
15 x 8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Elizabeth McAfoose
1995.371
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