Lantern

Object Name:

Lantern

Object ID:

1947.025.48

Date:

1825-1875

Description:

Lantern, whale oil. Tin-plated sheet iron and brass. Round, spreading, raised base, pierced on sides with single row of six-pointed stars, and containing tin burner with upright double wick holder. Four reeded decorations above the stars. Tall, clear-glass globe tapering to top. Domed tin top pierced on sides with double row of five-pointed stars, with diamond design between. Large round flat handle with rolled edge. Tin has asphaltum paint on it which is wearing off. Double spring-loaded locking mechanism that holds reservoir and wick holders in place. Sheet-metal holder with concave bottom and slightly turned-up outer edge. Straight-sided sheet metal holder in center that holds glass reservoir. Circular cover and domed-shape cap is a series of reeded decorations on cap and near middle of cone-shaped section. Sheet-metal strap at top of cone section which has a disc on top of it and circular sheet-metal handle. These are joined together by a heavy wire. Loop at top end of wire. Wire loop at end of wire that is around another wire that passes through strap and sides of cone near top. Second wire also has loops on its ends. Sheet-metal handle is approximately 3/4" wide and has diameter of 4.3". Glass is held to base with crimped metal and plaster. Top metal section held to glass with crimped metal and plaster. Paper label on glass: "TILNEY COLLECTION". Label on bottom surface of base insert: "New Hampshire Historical Society / Concord, N. H. Subject to Old lantern / Artist..... / Source :Miss Jessie M. Tilney / ......... / Gift, Loan, Rec'd ....August 1947."

Material:

Metal
Glass

Dimensions:

H-16.8 Dia-5.7 inches

Provenance:

Collected by Mary Thompson (Mason) Tilney (1855-1914), mother of the donor, from farm houses near her summer home in Pleasant Valley, NH (near Wolfeboro) between 1895 and 1913.

Credit Line:

The Tilney Collection, Gift of Jessie M. Tilney, in Memory of Robert Fingland Tilney and Mary Mason Tilney

People:

Tilney, Mary M. (1855-1914), Tilney, Robert F. (1849-1926), Tilney, Jessie Mason (1883-1960)

Subjects:

Lanterns