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Light Your Way Using Antique Lanterns
Old lanterns can add a historical touch to your home decor, but many of them are still functional and ready for your use as well. You'll find a broad range of antique lanterns for sale on eBay in several styles that might appeal to your tastes. Learning a bit about some of the features you can get with a vintage lantern will help you find the right one for you.
Types of old lanterns for saleYou can find a few kinds of inexpensive antique lanterns for sale on eBay. All of them can provide you with a nice piece of history and some illumination, but different types of vintage lanterns are intended for certain purposes. Here are a couple of the kinds of lanterns you can find during your search:
- Standard - A standard old lantern has a bulb or light source in the main body, and this source radiates light in all directions when lit. You may want to choose this type of antique lantern for general illumination.
- Spotlight - Some kinds of vintage lanterns for sale on eBay have main shells that are mostly covered. There is a single glass opening at the center to allow light to come through. This kind of old lantern might be a good choice if you need to focus a beam of light on a location.
Yes, you can find stationary lanterns for sale on eBay. Although many kinds of old lanterns are designed to be portable, some types are meant to provide static illumination. You may want to purchase a few of these antique lanterns to give you some light in each room of your home. You can use a glass shell to encase these lanterns, or you can light them like the wick of a traditional candle. These kinds of lights usually have bases that you can carry by hand if you need to move them from one room to another.
Material options for your vintage lanternsBoth unused and used antique lanterns often use metal for the main casings. The light source is usually housed inside a tempered glass container. You may find wood on some parts of a lantern depending on which model you choose. If your old lantern has a handle that is intended to help you carry it, it may have a rounded section made of wood to make it more comfortable for you to grip. You can also find vintage lanterns that don't have glass coverings.