Lantern

29-201-302

From: Morocco

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-201-302
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Morocco
Section African
Materials Glass | Tin
Description

Tin with glass. Square with diagonally cut off corners. Low pierced metal foot; candleholder in center of flat base. Framework of lantern proper and the whole top pierced metal; one side hinged for door. Sides clear glass, corner panels and horizontal panels above sides red, blue, and green. Eight-sided top with slanting lower sctions in which is red, blue, green, and clear glass; domed upper section with cylindrical top; loop handle over top.

Height 38.5 cm
Outside Diameter 12.5 cm
Credit Line Williams Moroccan Expedition; Talcott Williams and Sophia Wells Royce Williams, 1898

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