Lantern

Object Name:

Lantern

Object ID:

1983.093.03

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Description:

Lantern, nurse's, tin. Brown asphaltum finish. Removable circular tin reservoir with no wicks, 2.6" in diameter, with slightly domed cover and flat bottom with turned edges soldered to side piece. Dual wick holder with brass and sheet metal wick tubes. Hinged door on front with small rolled sheet-metal snap catch. Hinged plates sheet metal soldered to body. Rolled edge and wire for hinge pivot. Hemispherical section glass lens; cast glass. Crimped metal edge holds lens in place. Body straight cylinder. Small black control knob near bottom on left side that moves through a slot on side to move curved sheet-metal section to adjust and block light passing through lens from burner. On back of body, a rectangular panel with right-angle edge at its top and bottom soldered to body . This assembly soldered to back of body. Rectangular spring wire clip on this assembly soldered on inside surface at top. Two tabs on side soldered to body and assembly with enclosed channel to hold two oval wire handles. One wire handle missing. Rolled edge for bottom, soldered to body. 0.8" diameter hole in it. Six radiating grooves pressed into bottom, three of which convex and the other three concave. On top, a slight, double-domed cover with rolled edge soldered to body. Hole in top of dome covered by two circular edge crimped-edge baffles. Hole in center of bottom baffle to allow exhaust gases to escape. Bottom baffle pinned to dome cover at two locations; top baffle pinned to bottom baffle at two locations. Marked in raised letters in the sheet metal, "DIETZ 3 / POLICE LANTERN / NEW YORK U.S.A." Used by nurses on night duty at New Hampshire Hospital School of Nursing.

Material:

Tin
Glass
Brass
Metal

Dimensions:

H-7 W-3.6 D-5.3 inches

Provenance:

Used at New Hampshire Hospital School of Nursing, Concord, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of New Hampshire Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association

Subjects:

Nurses, Nursing, Lanterns