Anyone know about these lanterns?

[gaiusseptimiuslucianus]

Would a white kind of plastic sheet work instead of horn? Or would it be too hot? What about an opaque glass?

Hi Magnus,

I would expect it would get too hot for plastic sheet. A candle flame throws surprisingly more heat than you might think, especially when it is enclosed. There are sheet glasses made that have a horn-like look so that might be an option but that glass is in sheets and not round like the original lanterns. Its not too hard to work horn and if you got a large pre-sanded horn you could basically cut off the length you need (so that you have a cylinder of horn), cut up the side to open it out into a sheet, soak it until it became pliable and then flatten it out so it fit the lantern. Fox Valley Leather has decent looking horns in their online store: http://www.foxvalleyleather.com/tannery ... dware.html I haven't bought from them though.

BTW, here is a horn paned lantern sold by Historic Enterprises: http://www.historicenterprises.com/cart ... p=216&c=38

I have one and I find that the brass get pretty hot. I doesn't give a huge amount of light either.

Hope this is a help,

Lucianus