Lantern

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Lantern

Entry/Object ID

SS.64.393 a-c

Description

Oil lantern with tinned sheet iron frame with open work stars and lozenges at top and bottom: removable cylindrical glass reservoir with single tinned sheet iron tube; globular glass.

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1834 - 1867 Date made: r. 1834 - 1867

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

Marked "PATENT"

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

SP 1913 B

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

10-1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm)

Material

Tinned sheet iron, Glass

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

One of pair; at $36/pair 01/07/02 - Other lantern of the two lanterns bought at same time in 1946 seems to be PM.65.716. Bill Thompson.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 11A