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Object Name2-part Parade Lantern

MakerPossibly Brooklyn Flint Glass Works (1840-1868)

Made Fromnon-lead glass, brass

Date1860

Techniqueblown glass, hand-worked brass

SizeH(handle upright): 44.2 cm, (handle down): 33.4 cm, D: 17.9 cm; (b) H: 8.6 cm, D: 10.9 cm

Accession Number93.4.102

Credit LineGift of Weston H. Jenkins

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

The Impending Crisis

Place Made

United States, NY, New York City

Physical Description2-part Parade Lantern. Red non-lead glass, brass; blown glass, hand-worked brass. Globular shade of deep red glass, engraved "ELMIRA WIDE AWAKES / G.L. SMITH / CAPTAIN"; burner is missing but cylindrical brass font snaps out; top is brass with piercing and brass handle.
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