![Piper Railroad Train Order / Semaphore Lamp and Hanging Hand Lantern: Hiram Piper train order / semaphore lamp equipped with an amber lens. Some paint wear, but the burner pot, fount and glass chimney are intact. Also included is Piper Canadian National Railway Red Glob](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7489/331729/178958378_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717086278)
Lanterns
![Piper Railroad Train Order / Semaphore Lamp and Hanging Hand Lantern: Hiram Piper train order / semaphore lamp equipped with an amber lens. Some paint wear, but the burner pot, fount and glass chimney are intact. Also included is Piper Canadian National Railway Red Glob](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7489/331729/178958378_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717086278)
![Venetian Rococo-Style Wall Lantern: Venetian Rococo-style painted wall lantern, shell-form sconce with scrolling details over mirror back and curved glass door. [30" H x 11" W x 8 1/2" D]. Losses and wear to decoration and mirror plate.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1221/333029/179786644_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718122572)
![Moroccan Brass Spherical Hanging Lantern: Moroccan Style Pierced Copper Spherical Hanging Lantern, with faceted colored glass. 31" H x 7" Diameter. Provenance: From a Manhattan collector. Keywords: Lighting, Pendant lamps, Hall lantern, Decor](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5649/333144/179840183_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718227312)
![Moroccan Style Pierced Brass Hanging Lantern: Moroccan Style Pierced Brass Hanging Lantern, with galleried frieze and applied jewel-tone glass cabochons, now electrified. 31" H x 11.5" Diameter. Provenance: From a Manhattan collector. Keywords: L](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5649/333144/179840182_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718227312)
![Pair of 19th Century Venetian Tole Floor Lanterns: A pair of 19th-century Italian Venetian tole floor lanterns, believed to be from the Chicago Theater. Hand-forged of wrought iron, the lanterns are supported by a twisted rope-style center pole anchor](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7769/332408/179276807_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718304883)
![A pair of impressive Venetian carved and polychrome painted wood 'blackamoor' nine-light lanterns,: A pair of impressive Venetian carved and polychrome painted wood 'blackamoor' nine-light lanterns, Italy, late 19th C. H 211 cm On faux-marbre wooden bases.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6950/333057/179796200_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718192149)
![Adlake Kero Lantern, Three Locks, and Three Brass Keys - Milwaukee Road, Soo Line, and BN Inc.: A group of items for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad including an Adams & Westlake Kero lantern with build date of 4-36, embossed CMSTP&PRR on the shoulder, equipped with an unma](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7489/331732/178959552_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717086265)
![Three Pennsylvania Railroad Lanterns - Adlake 250 Kero, Armspear, and Adams & Westlake: Includes Adlake No. 250 Kero embossed with the PRR keystone logo on the top and last patent date of November 1911, equipped with an Adlake Kero CNX clear globe. An Adams & Westlake lantern embossed wi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7489/331729/178958570_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717086278)
![Mid 19th Century Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Print Woman by Shoji Lantern: Japanese ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) traditional woodblock print from the mid-19th century of a woman peering out from her second-story window with a shoji style lantern. Provenance: Prop](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3713/332526/179382952_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717681035)
![A Konrad Karlovac Jugoslavia Kerosene Lantern: A rare and unusual lantern made in Jugoslavia, early part of 20th C., rare in the USA. Complete with intact shade, embossed along with body of lamp.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8050/328421/176939678_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1714605816)
![SHEET-IRON / TIN KEROSENE HAND LANTERN: SHEET-IRON / TIN KEROSENE HAND LANTERN, tri-form with hinged door and fitted with a large colorless glass pane, double strap handles, interior fitted with a removable sheet-iron font with double brass](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1107/332767/179529302_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717788471)
![Pair of Adams & Westlake Lanterns - Nickel Plate Road and Norfolk & Western Railroad: Includes a Nickel Plate Adlake Kero embossed NKP on the shoulder, equipped with a CNX amber globe etched NKP on the side. Has a build date of 4-56 and shows some minor flash rust. The lantern was eith](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7489/331729/178958598_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717086278)
![Moroccan Openwork Brass Hanging Lantern: Moroccan Openwork Brass Hanging Lantern, 20th Century, with detachable tip. 11" H x 6.5" Diameter. Provenance: From a Manhattan Collector. Keywords: Lighting, Candle, Vintage, Ceiling, Illumination](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5649/332410/179271263_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717533593)
![A German "Peter Pan" Nutcracker Set.: (Christian Ulbricht, 1990s) A pair of Peter Pan and Captain Hook wooden nutcrackers with a wooden Tinker Bell figure in a lantern. The finely-crafted pieces have hand-painted details, cloth accessorie](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4633/333131/179836350_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718229530)
![Pair of Antique Brass Port and Starboard Ship Light Lanterns: Pair of Antique Brass Port and Starboard Ship Light Lanterns, no burners. Height 14.25 in. Width 7.25 in. Depth 5.25 in.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6681/333076/179801540_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718285153)
![Regency-Style Hall Lantern: Regency-Style Hall Lantern, frosted glass, cut with star designs, h. 24 in., dia. 11 3/4 in.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/268/332801/179554235_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718046469)
![Four Magic Lanterns including a boxed Ernst Plank Cinematographe Magic Lantern, German circa 1900/10: Four Magic Lanterns including a boxed Ernst Plank Cinematographe Magic Lantern, German circa 1900/10, tinplate magic lantern with original burner, back light, chimney, attachable lens and hand crank m](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7393/332823/179631964_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717833487)
![JOHN CRUCEFIX AT YE BLUE BOAR, LONDINI FECIT. A LATE 17TH CENTURY BRASS LANTERN CLOCK: JOHN CRUCEFIX AT YE BLUE BOAR, LONDINI FECIT. A LATE 17TH CENTURY BRASS LANTERN CLOCK the case surmounted by a bronze bell supported by brass bell straps and urn-shaped finials enclosing three pierced](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6817/333570/180161790_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718633994)
![Dressel Unmarked Railroad Marker Lantern: Dressel Unmarked Railroad Marker Lantern. Red and clear lenses installed, no gaskets which has left the lenses slightly loose. Top embossed with Dressel. Includes the burner pot. Body appears to have](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7489/331729/178958376_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717086278)
![Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad Adlake Kero Lantern and Belt Railway Adlake Steel Lock: A pair of railroad items including an Adlake Kero lantern for Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad embossed EJ&E on the shoulder with build date of 2-66, equipped with an unmarked Kopp clear short globe,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7489/331732/178959568_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717421660)
![Pair of Carbide Railroad Lanterns - Deutsche Reichsbahn and Premier Lamp Company: One is a German marked DR for Deutsche Reichsbahn carbide lantern, showing some wear to the body. The second lamp is a Premier Lamp Company carbide lamp and has the original brass tags with the fill m](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7489/331732/178959294_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717086265)
![BARRO NEGRO 24" Mexican Pottery Lantern Vase: A large black pottery (Barro Negro) lantern with perforated sides for light dispersion. There is a hole in the bottom for a candle or lantern. Perfect for indoor decor or for a garden room/ outdoors p](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9229/331312/179794549_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718317147)
![Dietz Acme Inspector Lamp Railroad Lantern: Cranberry red chimney. Measures 14 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5173/333476/180069438_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718394479)
News about Lanterns
![Railroadiana, clocks and lanterns light the way at EstateOfMind, May 6](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Newburgh-lantern-1.jpg)
Railroadiana, clocks and lanterns light the way at EstateOfMind, May 6
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. – An astounding 50-year collection of railroadiana, clocks and lighting from the estate of Wayne Rheinfeld will headline a two-session Important Estate Auction on Saturday, May 6 offered by EstateOfMind Auctions. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
![Lanterns have been working on the railroad](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/featured-1.jpg)
Lanterns have been working on the railroad
NEW YORK – Before the advent of electricity and power lines, railroad lanterns played a key role in keeping trains running safely at night. In the early days of the 1870s, lanterns were not standardized and came in a variety of shapes and sizes. Today, original lanterns, particularly those with their glass globes intact, are […]
![James Dixon’s ‘Cutty Sark’ leads our five auction highlights](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Adams-Aux-April-16-James-Dixon-Cutty-Sark.jpg)
James Dixon’s ‘Cutty Sark’ leads our five auction highlights
‘Cutty Sark’, James Dixon, $43,510 DUBLIN – A picture by the Irish folk artist James Dixon soared above estimate to bring a record sum at Adam’s Auctioneers on April 16. James Dixon (1921-2006) – a native of Tory Island, the isolated spit of land off the northwest coast of Ireland – worked for most of […]
![Clarice Cliff Bizarre ware platter leads our five lots to watch](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rivich-April-14-Clarice-Cliff-pottery.jpg)
Clarice Cliff Bizarre ware platter leads our five lots to watch
Clarice Cliff Bizarre Ware Platter CHICAGO – The commercial interest in Clarice Cliff’s Bizarre Ware was such that it was exported to North America, South Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Holland, Australia, and New Zealand. Some of the earliest wares from the range, launched by Newport Pottery in October 1927, were designs such as this platter decorated with […]