Brass lantern which folds up into the form of a book. The external cover of the lantern is decorated with incised flowers within a rectangular border. The spine has raised horizontal ridges imitating those on a book. When opened there is a single pane (with no glass) and a triangular base with narrow candle socket and triangular top with circular aperture covered with folding oval cover. [MOBB [OPS move] 28/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Brass lantern which folds up into the form of a book. The external cover of the lantern is decorated with incised flowers within a rectangular border. The spine has raised horizontal ridges imitating those on a book. When opened there is a single pane (with no glass) and a triangular base with narrow candle socket and triangular top with circular aperture covered with folding oval cover. [MOBB [OPS move] 28/4/2017]
Geographical reference: Romania
Europe > Eastern Europe > Romania; Transylvania
Cultural groups: Romanian
Person: Field collector Louis Colville Gray Clarke; PRM source Louis Colville Gray Clarke
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1933
Date collected: By 1933
Acquisition information: Donated: 1933
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Jointed, Process Perforated, Process Incised, Process Soldered
Dimensions: Height: max 25 mm closed, Width: max 95 mm closed, Depth: max 138 mm closed
Object numbers: Accession number: 1933.14.1