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Black-painted; rectangular forn with flat square base and rectangular sides, two with glass panels; front has glazed, hinged door; fourthside is tin with applied C-shpaed handle at center; surmounted by pierced conical top with ring handle; metal wire attached at center ofsphere for hanging; interior with single cylindrical candle socket at center; glass on sides painted "H.L.I." and "1840" in green and orange.
lanterns (lighting devices)
tin (metal)
glass (material)
paint (coating)
Lighting
Lantern, Candle
Used At Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
10 3/8 x 5 5/8 x 3 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth Vaughan
1949.724
Probably North America (North and Central America) [general region]
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