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Small hexagonal form with slightly domed top with a pierced circular vent over glazed panels, held by decorative brass frame, strap brass handle at back, front glazed hinged door opens to peg oil lamp, all raised on three "loop" feet.
lanterns (lighting devices)
oil lamps
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
hammering
tin (metal)
Brass
Glass
Tin
Hammered
LANTERN, OIL
Maker's mark (an eye within a circle) stamped on handle.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.256A,B
Unknown
5.75 x 3 x 3.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.256AB
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