Object number
76/257
Description
This is a pyrimid shaped glass cloche used for protecting plants, also known as handlights. Metal frames lights were used to protect tender shrubs and smaller plants including vegetables. The swiveling lid was designed to give ventilation or access when the base was frozen to the ground. This example was used in the garden at Stanmere House near Brighton, a country house of the Earl of Chichester.
Physical description
1 handlight: iron; glass; fair (rusty, some glass panes missing)
Archival history
MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – ‘Handlight // frame: iron panes: glass // Use- garden of Stanmere house, near Brighton, country house of Earls of Chichester. One of several remaining in the walk garden // Mr Yeates, Brighton’
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_13809.tif - High resolution image
