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Hall Ceiling Light


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      Date: 1840 -

Description: A decorated brass lantern frame hexagonal in shape; each vertical stanchion terminates in a finial. The glass panels within this frame enclose a central brass oil lamp with extended glass chimney which sits on a circular glass base. The lantern is suspended from the ceiling by a brass pole also terminating in a finial. Listed in the "Inventory of Heirlooms under the will of the late Thomas Archer Esq."

Format: Realia
Object: ceiling lights
Material: brass;  glass;  brass;  glass

Titles:
Hall Ceiling Light

Subjects: lightingfurnishingslights

People/Orgs: Archer, Thomas

Places: Woolmers Estate, Longford, Tasmania

Institution: Woolmers Foundation Inc.

Object number: WMF_0000053

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