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Crompton Parkinson Star I

This is a great little lantern, showing decoration on the canopy which was so sadly lacking as designs became more austere into the 1950s.

When obtained, the lantern didn't have any glass, but I happened to have a spare refractor dome. This is the same dome as used by ELECO and Phosco lanterns of the period.

The two-pin lamp holder confirms it was originally a tungsten lantern.

It originally stood in Braintree, Essex, where the lighting engineer rescued it from the skip - good man! As a sawn-off finial was included, it was probably removed when the street light was converted to side-entry sodium.

It's been fitted to a double BLEECO Bracket.