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Lantern, Candle

Object Name:
Lantern, Candle
Object ID:
2013.500.013
Date:
1825-1850
Description:
Candle lantern. Tinned sheet iron. Handmade. Rectangular body with domed top. Glass panels on front and two sides. Tinned iron door on back. Wire handle on top. Adhesive tape label on bottom, inscribed "Presented by Dorothy Caswell[?]". Paint remnants on bottom and back. With candle.
Material:
Iron
Tin
Dimensions:
H-9.5 W-4.3 D-4.3 inches
Provenance:
Source unknown. Placed on long-term loan at the Franklin Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough, NH, in the 1950s.
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Lanterns
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