Some more info on the lantern I mention above. Detail for detail it seems to be identical, just a month older. I found a solder repair on one of the air tubes that I hadn't seen before that had been painted over. The gold paint does NOT have blue under it! Also, I believe that it was applied with a brush because there is a gold brush smear on top of the blue at the bottom of one of the air tubes.
Could these lanterns have been made up out of rejects off the production line for a local High School or College with the labor donated by factory employees? Just a thought.
Best wishes, Les
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