Fixed Globe Lantern "Engine" Base

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

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

An outstanding Defiance Lantern & Stamping Co., twist wire, double guard, fixed base, bellbottom model. Lid is nicely embossed "BR&P" and "ENGINE" opposite. Globe is a gorgeous, dark red, extended bas

An early fixed globe engine lantern of unknown manufacture; likely Canadian. "GTR" nicely embossed in oval panel on solid red "gold salt ruby" globe; its not flashed. Depth of red color is darker than

A weighted base Adams & Westlake short globe frame with a date code of "2-45" which stands for the 2nd quarter of 1945. It has LVRR stamped in small lettering on the lid. The heavy base was a factory

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

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 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

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

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

This lantern has a tall globe body with weighted "engine base" added after purchase. The dome however is marked L.V.R.R. and is from an Adams & Westlake No. 250 Kero Short Globe. We believe this was a

A fixed globe "BEST CONDUCTOR" model made by Kelly. There is a hallmark stamped into the underside of the bayonet base that reads "KELLY LAMP WORKS ROCHESTER AND NEW-YORK." The entire frame was origin

A pretty standard Dietz Vesta lanner frame This is an "Engine Base" model with a heavy ring on the bottom to keep it from tipping over too easily. It has a date code of S-10-50. The globe is red and h

Lantern & lamp parts that include 3 very old tin pots 2 square, one rectangular, Thompson cage, 3 base collars, 2 pinch pots, 2 2 fixed globe tops, etc.

An Adlake Kero lantern with a date code of 1-57. Factory weighted "Engine" base makes it heavy. Lid is stamped LVRR. 3" red globe etched with LVRR and standard ADLAKE KERO cast markings. Surface rust.

A group of lantern parts: (1) large free blown fixed globe measures 2 1/2" top, 3 1/2" base, 7" visible with about a 5 1/2" diameter at the center. No damage, nice swirls, (2) Gone-with-the-wind style

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

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

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