NOS Relite Horizon

3 years ago I found this Horizon on eBay listed as a large bulkhead light. Knowing what it was, and for how insanely cheap it was (postage was high though) I asked my aunt to help me get it. I then asked to send a message to the seller to make sure its very well packed. Well a week later it arrived and its packaging was nothing short of disastrous, just two egg crates each end and some beer crates flattened over the bowl, which unfortunately resulted in its glass bowl being smashed. I taped what was left together, and just threw it in a corner in the loft and never really bothered with it since.

Following a conversation with a fellow collector, I was told he may have a spare bowl for it. A few days later, a deal was sorted and it was with me a few days after in what has to be the best packaging I've ever seen.

Closer inspection of the lantern revealed it to be Relite made and also brand new unused condition, which to me is simply incredible given how rare these lanterns are to begin with. Naturally the gasket makes me weary, I'm unsure if its just rope or asbestos, but if it is I'll put something over it to seal it.

The refractors differ in this bowl to the broken one, however I personally prefer this one being that there's a matching disused example down the road from where I live. Once fitted, I placed the lantern on a bracket on my column, the first time I've done so since getting it. I've always loved these lanterns, they're so simple there's nothing that can go wrong with them, and now this matches the local one, its yet another childhood example added to my collection.