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.

The refractor dome is fitted to the lantern by means of two sprung hooks. In this shot, the partly rusted and broken remains of the hooks can be seen, but there's enough there to hold a refractor.

In this shot, the refractor has been fitted to the lantern. The hooks engage with a lip at the top of the refractor and firmly hold it in place. However, over time, these hooks gradually rust away, and refractors have been known to drop out of their lanterns.

It's been fitted to a double BLEECO Bracket.