Alpine candle lantern

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Alpine Candle Lantern
Close-up of Alpine Candle Lantern
Not quite the same as ours, but a similar lantern for sale here in 1968 (item C) Advert from Ellis Brigham catalogue 1968
Description
Alpine candle lantern. Metal carrying case with glass sides and a metal holder for the candle.
Inscription description
Acquisition Method:
Donated by Mick Tighe
Number of Objects:
1
Related Items:
Provenance:
In the modern world of LED lighting one wonders how a candle could produce enough light to show the way, but they managed as there was nothing else in the early days. Mick Tighe got this from a mountain guide friend in Switzerland where it had been used in one of the Alpine huts, probably made by a local blacksmith. Hard to put a date on it, but we’ll take an educated guess at 1930.
Object Production
Production Place:
Engadine area, Switzerland
Materials:
metal, glass,
Maker:
Colour:
silver
Dimensions:
18(h) x 10(w) x 10.5(d)cm.
Object Condition:
One pane of glass missing
Condition Date Check:
28/04/2009
Administration
Accession Number:
654.2008.1
Creator:
Hermione Cooper
Accession Date:
15/12/2008
ID:
1
Category:

Mountaineering - General
Location
Location:
Current Location
Bohuntin
Rules:
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007