Lantern, Tin, brass, glass, cotton webbing, (A) Ovoid clear glass shade cemented to pierced tin top and bottom. (B) oil lamp with brass cap, cylindrical and fitted at sides with flat brass springs. (C) curved shapped plate with colored webbing strap, to carry (A) and (B) against the rounded middle portin of a railway train conductor. Oval brass plate attached to (C) reads: ' SHAW / & / BATCHELDER. / PATENTED FEB. 28 1860 / MANUF'D BY / SHAW & CO / MARLBORO, MASS.', USA, 1860, lighting, Decorative Arts, Lantern

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