Your lantern is a No 0 Perfect by Defiance Lantern & Stamping Co. Most were marked so, but some were not marked like yours, the inspectors and wagon lanterns were also not marked. Does it have the Made IN USA mark on the smoke dome? It should be a later addition.
Your lantern is one of the earlier examples with the globe guards attached to the side tubes and an unreinforced fount. There are at least six variations of this lantern with the spring wire to hold the globe either in the down position or up position for lighting.
Some later changes are the horizontal globe guard wires were moved from the side tubes to the wertical wires, the founts were shortened, and reinforcements added. The spring clips were entirely dropped later. Very nice lantern, thanks for posting.
John M
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