On the subject of unidentified lanterns, here is another one for you all to have a crack at.
I got the picture a while ago. It is difficult to tell if the subject of the photo is the streetlamp, the house or the lady at the front gate!
Obviously, the aesthetics of the traditional "Windsor"type gas lantern must have been a major influence, for the municipal designer came up with this.
It looks a little like Willey's "Cranford" lamp featured on Mr Cornwell's site, however beyond that I'm stumped. Suggs don't seem to have succumbed to the temptation either! In fact I would suggest it might it might not even be gas fired!
Just to be even more confusing, the lantern actually looks like it either has a glass bowl or a clear GLS lamp. A close up then suggests the outline of a reflector of some kind.
Did ESLA bring out anything like this?Hi GreatNorburyStDepot,
That's an interesting lantern. Do you know where it originally stood?
Regards,
Andrew.