Dome top of brass with iron ring; stamped pierced tin cap surmounting molded ribbed colorless glass center; twist-off cylindrical brass base forms wick fixture.
lanterns (lighting devices)
brass (alloy)
glass (material)
iron (metal)
piercing
tin (metal)
Tin
Iron
Brass
Glass
Pierced
LANTERN
Stamped on bottom: ""MFR'D BY/NATIONAL MARINE LAMP/NEW YORK.""
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
National Marine Lamp (Maker)
New York, NY, USA
10.125 (H), 4.375 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.695
New York state (United States)
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