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Lantern

Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1820-1850

GUSN

GUSN-11647

Description

It has a tin collar and a wire work frame that encloses a baluster shaped uncolored glass globe. It is set into a cylindrical star-pierced tin base with a flared molded foot.

Details

Descriptive Terms

lanterns (lighting devices)
glass (material)
piercing
tin (metal)
Glass
Tin
Pierced
LANTERN

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10.25 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.687

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