Lantern

The lantern consists of brass sheets formed into a cylinder, on which sits a cone made of the same materials. A wide ring is attached to its top.

A wide door, which extends over a third of the wall and is almost as high as the cylinder, is attached to the wall with a simple hinge and fitted with a clamp fastener.

The dot and slit ornamentation was probably chiselled or punched out from the back (inside). It covers almost the entire surface and is arranged in two large squares on the cylinder, one on the door and one on the rest of the wall. On the cone it is in the form of two concentric bands.

Between these bands there are even larger punched holes at regular intervals.

The individual plates are attached to each other with rivets. The base and cap (cone) are soldered to the cylinder part.

A cylindrical candle spout sits inside on the base.

The lantern appears to have been retrofitted with a screw socket for light bulbs.

An electric cable leads from this to the outside through one of the holes in the cone.

Colour: dark brownish-gold, reddish in places (the brass has probably been coated with brown varnish to give it the appearance of bronze)

A greenish-white patina can be seen on the edges and cracks.

There is only evidence of lanterns of this type made of sheet brass dating from the 19th century (cf. Hempel, pp. 53-55).

It can therefore be assumed that this lantern is also a product of the 19th century.

According to the material used, the later installation of electric lighting dates from the period 1930-50.’