Lanterns
Lantern Restoration And Repair Samples
Below you will find some examples of lanterns that have been restored.If your lantern is looking a bit tired we can give your lantern a new lease of life, either by cleaning what is there or a complete strip down polishing and re-lacquering or painting. In the process we can re-wire and replace bulb holders too take energy efficient light bulbs. We can turn exterior lanterns into interior lanterns by fitting suspension hooks and lighting assembles to the inside.
This gas lantern came in to be converted to electric and cleaned.
This Victorian street lantern had a lot of damage to the up rights and base. All the paint was removed, all the steel rods in the uprights where replaced and the copper body repaired, a new post mount was made, the body was patinated to look old and finally it was glazed.
The customer wanted this copper lantern to be restored and also be able to hang it inside. We fitted a lighting interior and a hook so it could suspended from the ceiling, finials were put on the bottom and then the whole lantern was tidied up, waxed and glazed.
One of a pair of Victorian lanterns that needed restoration. The body's had been damaged by high winds and needed straightening and the side supports soldering, then they where polished and lacquered, and then finally new glass was fitted.
This is one of a pair of lanterns which came in covered in old paint and damaged, it was repaired, polished and lacquered.
A customer had a pair of these lanterns and wanted to hang then in their house, we made interiors and wired them, we also put hooks on to so they could be hung.
