1850-1900
GUSN-11216
Spherical, colored glass globe held within a wirework frame and vertically ribbed cylindrical tin collar; there is a conical cap and ring handles and a vertically ribbed cylindrical base with flared circular foot; the original burner is still in the base; painted with old dark green paint.
lanterns (lighting devices)
glass (material)
tin (metal)
wire
Tin
Wire
Glass
Lantern, Kerosine
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
18 1/2 x 9 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.492
1850-1900 (Possibly)
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