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Lot 179
Two Ship's Kerosene Running Lanterns
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century, both with glass-fronted metal casings; the first is a port side light with painted black exterior and a red window marked CORNING (17 in. not counting handle) (no interior lamp, likely a re-paint); the second is painted metal with clear glass indicating a stern or masthead lantern, the interior with a small copper kerosene lamp and the case having a manufacturer's copper plate naming Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Connecticut (17.5 in.) (re-painted exterior).

Private Collection, Western North Carolina