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1820-1860
GUSN-3024
Hangs from a hook and a long, thick shaft. Is in the form of a house with a steep-pitched top with dormer-like vents over frame enclosing five panes of glass. One of the side panes opens, and is raised on three bun-shaped feet. The fourth foot is a round knob to turn light on and off. The interior is painted white. .
lanterns (lighting devices)
electric lamps (lighting device forms)
glass (material)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
Tin
Glass
Painted
Lantern
Used At Ebenezer Waters House,
Unknown
20 x 9 x 9 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1515
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