First time poster here. Need help with Mfg. date
Found this at a fleamarket last Saturday and needless to say I am very excited about it. Lightly rusted all over except under the burner cone where there appears to be the remnant of plating. Has all brass burner and cone. Filling the fount and trimming the wick was all that was needed to bring this old lantern back to life. Had a late Loc-Nob globe when I got it but have found a better glass lately. Not a "Bullseye" but good enough for now. Lantern is marked as follows:
Front top of fount "DIETZ No 0".
Rear top of fount "SQUARE LIFT TUBULAR".
The patent date set is:
JULY 26 81
MARCH 13 83
MARCH 31 85
MAY 24 87
MAY 15 88
JUNE 19 88
APRIL 22 90
I can find no other information on the dates of manufacture except that this lantern pre-dates the Buckeye Dash.
This lantern jumped right to the top of my favorite hot blast list. Thanks.
Dana
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