Bouat lantern. A wooden cuboid lantern, about a foot tall, with a peaked top like a gable roof, and windows on the sides. A candle is inside. The top sides are decorated with punched metal plates and it has a leather handle.

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Hand lantern, or bouat lantern, 19th century, to hold a candle. Made of wood in a house-shape with a tin roof pierced with holes for ventilation, three glass windows and a leather carrying strap. There is a sliding panel at the back for lighting the candle. Bouat lanterns are a type only found in Scotland.

Early: 1800 Late: 1900

metal tin glass leather ox skin wood, H: 323 mm W: 155 mm

Physical Object

Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Blackhill Tyrie Aberdeenshire

Acquisition Source: Smith, James