Disano 1203 Kenia, open

Bought from a fellow collector, the Disano lantern is my 200'th lantern to enter the collection. Its certainly a cheap and cheerful lantern by a mile, but it still retains some quality about it. I believe the lantern saw 8 years installed, mostly of disuse. It was a casual replacement for a Thorn Gamma 8, and was fitted with a metal halide lamp to blend in with the mercury installation. Its a tiny lantern, but it still retains some character about it imo.

Overall, the lanterns in an amazing condition, featuring an clear and unyellowed polycarbonate bowl, unscorched paintwork, and mint condition internals. I had been after an example for a long time, so this one was a very welcome acquisition.

I rested the canopy against the cone and lamp support here to show how well the canopy cleaned up, with only a minor clean with furniture polish.