51/784

A farmhouse lantern, Lavinia Smith described it as a parish clerk's lantern. From Arthur Harrison, a wheelwright of East Hendred, Oxfordshire.
This is a farmhouse lantern, although Lavinia Smith described it as a parish clerk's lantern. She acquired it from Arthur Harrison, a wheelwright of East Hendred, Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire), whose grandfather was a parish clerk. It is very large, with a circular sheet iron body, five windows of corrugated horn, three dormered ventilation holes and a round candle socket inside.

1 lantern: metal (sheet iron), horn: fair condition

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This lantern is described by Miss Smith as a parish clerk’s lantern. She obtained it from Mr. Arthur Harrison, whose grandfather was the parish clerk of East Hendred (Berks). // It is very large and is of the farmhouse lantern type. It has a circular sheet iron body and five windows of corrugated horn. The horn is protected by two pieces of thin wire over each winder. It has three dormers for ventilation, though one of them is now missing. The handle on the top of the roof is also missing. There is a round candle socket inside, and the lantern is 15.75 inches in height to the top of the roof. // See also 51/584L.', No Lavinia Smith No. recorded., Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition Catalogue 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 4 // Horn Lantern // Lent by The Museum of English Rural Life' (The description in the catalogue could also be in reference to 51/884, 51/581 and 51/584), Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition Catalogue 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 7 // Horn Lantern // Lent by The Museum of English Rural Life' (The description in the catalogue could also be in reference to 51/884, 51/581 and 51/584)

1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31

Nineteenth century

Metal, iron, Horn

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)