Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
1924
1952.45
Brown flesh tone painted plaster with wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lantern
Object name
Lantern
Date
1750-1800
Medium
Tin
Dimensions
with handle extended: 16 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 41.3 x 13.3 cm )
Description
Cylindrical tin candle lantern with conical top and hinged door on one side; pierced with small dots and and dashes arranged in two decorative bands around top, in an arched panel on door, and in two arched panels on sides; circular band of sheet metal joined to point of cone serves as handle.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1920.48
Marks
typewritten: on paper label taped to underside of base: "D-12"