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1840-1860
GUSN-11906
In the shape of a lighthouse, it has a pierced conical top with a hanging loop. It has a octagonal molded glass shade, and a pierced metal base. It has been electrified - though it still has a pewter collared glass font in the base.
lanterns (lighting devices)
glass (material)
molding (forming)
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
Tin
Glass
Pewter
Molded
LANTERN
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
12 (H), 5 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.113
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