Portland Saco & Portsmouth Fixed Globe Lantern

An early fixed globe lantern that has a free blown body with many swirls and shaping lines from rolling it. The globe has an applied ring to the base and it is thick and heavy. The globe overall is ve

Early fixed globe lantern likely made by the New England Glass Company. The globe is etched PRR and is assumed to be for the Passumpsic Railroad as opposed to the Pennsylvania. The top has moderate de

For some reason the Concord Railroad in New Hampshire ordered many fixed globe lanterns with the road initials stamped on the vent tube area. Another oddity about these lanterns is the lack of marking

An unusual lantern frame with a Star Headlight upper and C. T. Ham base. It's also a tin top rather than a brass top. The globe is a 6" (5 1/2" visible) with B&A RR cast is serifed letters n a rectang

This is one unusual fixed globe lantern. It's BIG with 7" of visible globe. It has the 1861 Sargent patent for the sliding window to get the wick adjuster clear. The slider works fine. It has a fine b

Very nice Sherburne tapered barrel brass switch key made for the Portland Saco & Portsmouth Railroad. This was an efficient tangent line from South Berwick to Portland in Maine. The Boston & Maine bui

This is a well known style of frame and also cutting for the Northern of New Hampshire. This is an "Engine Base" design. This term comes from 1850's catalogs. It is narrow and was probably placed in t

C. T. Ham manufactured brass top cast fixed globe. This model has the 3 vertical support wires. Some do not have this. The brass top is surprisingly good. The black paint was brushed on. You can see b

A cranberry red fixed globe lantern. In the 1800s there was not standard color code so railroads used what ever they wanted. This all changed by WWI. The cranberry is a solid color and not an applied

A very unusual design fixed globe lantern. It's bid at 15" (without the bail). It has a distinctive brass plate with the patent information for May 29, 1860. They put it on the vertical joint of the b

A fixed globe lantern with a cast globe and a flat band bail. It has star-diamond-star pattern vent holes. The removable base has 6 point star intake holes. The metal is great showing original copper

An early fixed globe style lantern made for the Concord Railroad in New Hampshire. This frame has a flat band bail and a typical star-diamond-star pattern vent area. The base cup has damage on both mo

A fixed globe lantern with brass top, 6 verticals, pinch pot and a globe with many air bubbles. The frame has been painted black. The bail is through the vent tube. I twist tied the bail to the cage b

A fixed globe lantern that has a free-blown globe adb a pinch pot base. The bail is a flat band. The vents are in a star-diamond-star pattern. The intake holes are 5 and not 6 point stars. There is an

A group of seven globes. All are free blown. A couple have chips, one has rust on opposing sides. One is not shown, it tried to run away at picture time. (1-4) 8" tall 3 1/2" base 2 3/4" top (5) 8" ta

A fixed globe lantern with 6 vertical wires. It pre-dates wire clips. The top has a star-diamond-star vent pattern and a flat band bail. The base has 6 point star intake holes. The metal has a fine or

and burners, tall chimney, pierced collar. Height 20 inches (including loop handles)

A New England Glass fixed globe lantern with the standard dagger top and a bail under the top plate. The base has an unusual semi-cup that is removable. The base has the standard earlier NEG Co patent

A fixed globe, brass bell bottom with double ring globe , ornately engraved "JER'H PRESCOTT", "MASTER TRANSPORTATION", and "EASTERN RAILROAD". Holes drilled in base cylinder, plug soldered in fount bo

Pierced with repeating stars 15 1/2 x 9 inches

RARE BRASS FIXED GLOBE RAILROAD OR FIREMENS RELIEF 1 LANTERN W/SIMPLEX KERO BURNER, C. 1870, H. 17 1/2"

A very early fixed globe from the Old Colony & Newport Railway. It is cut OC&NR in block lettering. Interesting that they used just a single "R", it is after all Railway and not Railroad. This line da

Likely made for the Passumpsic RR, this is a star-diamond-star fixed globe model with melon shaped, single ring globe and bayonet fount. The glass fount and its holder are missing. The cranberry red g

EARLY RAILROAD FIXED GLOBE PRESENTATION LANTERN, NAMED D.D. MALLORY, 19TH C., H. 16 1/2"