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Lantern

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Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-59569

Description

Colorless shade with bull's eye glass with a tin circular bottom and handle with punched stars.

Details

Descriptive Terms

lanterns (lighting devices)
electric lamps (lighting device forms)
tin (metal)
glass (material)
Lamp
Lamp, Electric
Lamp, Electric

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

14 1/2 (H), 6 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2336

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