Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1900-1920
GUSN-61457
Hanging lantern with spherical red glass shade encased by a wire cage. Black painted pierced conical chimney with square bail handle. Electrified.
lanterns (lighting devices)
electric lamps (lighting device forms)
glass (material)
tin (metal)
painting (coating)
Lantern
Tin
Painted
Lantern
"J.C. & W. LORD / BIRMINGHAM" (stamped)
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
J.C. & W. Lord (Manufacturer)
21 (H), 14 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.1980
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
