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I made this lantern in April 2002, patterned on photographs of 1800s Amish lanterns found in the internet. I found no plans and so drew up my own.
The joints are all traditional woodworking joints -- tongue and groove, hole and peg, etc -- and the only hardware are the hinges, a screw attaching the door latch, the cotter pins through the pegs at the top and bottom, the nails attaching the chimney, and eye hooks for the handle. The chimney is half of a condensed milk can; the handle was a coat hanger.
The four glass panes are painted with characters from the Betley window, a centuries-old English stained glass window depicting characters from morris dancing. Eight of the window's twelve panes are represented on the lantern.
lantern 0
I made this lantern in April 2002, patterned on photographs of 1800s Amish lanterns found in the internet. I found no plans and so drew up my own.
The joints are all traditional woodworking joints -- tongue and groove, hole and peg, etc -- and the only hardware are the hinges, a screw attaching the door latch, the cotter pins through the pegs at the top and bottom, the nails attaching the chimney, and eye hooks for the handle. The chimney is half of a condensed milk can; the handle was a coat hanger.
The four glass panes are painted with characters from the Betley window, a centuries-old English stained glass window depicting characters from morris dancing. Eight of the window's twelve panes are represented on the lantern.