A Large 19thC French Brass Rococo Revival Hanging Hall Lantern c.1880 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope A person born with a

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and in good condition in what is a near antique piece

and an iconic item whether being used as intended

the way in which we now expect a door stop to look and function today was down to a 19th century African American inventor named Osbourn Dorsey who came up with the design on December 10

A Large 19thC French Brass Rococo Revival Hanging Hall Lantern c.1880 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope A person born with aOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1880Diameter: 16Height: 34The attractive brass hanging lantern of shaped pentagonal form in the eighteenth century Louis XV manner, being almost three feet high, the open scrolled frame having a beautifully aged verdegris patination with rococo style scroll mounts and pierced cartouches, the whole surviving from nineteenth century France. The lantern is in as found condition with the piece