The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
654.2008.1
Alpine candle lantern
15/12/2008
Hermione Cooper
15/12/2008
Alpine candle lantern. Metal carrying case with glass sides and a metal holder for the candle.
metal, glass,
18(h) x 10(w) x 10.5(d)cms.
1
silver
Engadine area, Switzerland
In the modern world of LED lighting one wonders how a candle could produce enough light to show the way, but they manged as there was nothing else in the early days. Mick Tighe got this from a mountain guide friend in Switzerland where it had been used in one of the Alpine huts, probably made by a local blacksmith. Hard to put a date on it, but we'll take an educated guess at 1930.
15/12/2008
One pane of glass missing
28/04/2009
Bohuntin
Bohuntin
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
28/04/2009