
Late 19th Century Neo-classical Storm Lantern
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Circa 1890 France
Height
18 inches (46 cm)Width
9 inches (23 cm)Depth
9 inches (23 cm)A late nineteenth century storm lantern modelled in the form of a Classical athénienne, the hand-blown glass bowl containing a brass candle socle, held from a brass ring with guilloche motif, supported by three finely cast and chased brass swans, upon brass and bronze monopodia, standing on a concave grey marble plinth.