Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1790-1850
GUSN-2780
Tin and glass candle lantern; two large glass panels on the sides; other sides are tin with shaped windows, pierced round top and loop strap handle; painted green with tin leaf-like motifs attached to the shoulders.
lanterns (lighting devices)
candle lamps
glass (material)
molding (forming)
piercing
tin (metal)
Tin
Glass
Pierced
Molded
LANTERN, CANDLE
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
17 x 8.25 x 4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1230
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
