216A. Pearson Road, Sonning, Berkshire With thanks to Tim Luckett for discovering these Survivors. Attached to a building that is on the corner of Pearson Road and the High Street are two ornate Revo B9504 lanterns. Dating from the 1930s, these lanterns were (presumably) added to provide illumination at the junction, with each one capable of running a maximum 300 Watt GLS (incandescent) lamp. I am unsure as to whether they would have been public street lights originally, as both now appear to be in private ownership with the property's owner.

Revo doesn't seem to have supplied the B9504 with a corner bracket option; this could be why two lanterns had to be fitted to adjoining faces of the building.

The lantern, bracket and wall plate are mostly of cast iron construction, although the glass retaining ring is brass.

The panels are of diffusing low absorption glass (or would have been originally).

The lower part of the lantern frame hinges down for maintenance, with a wing nut securing this ordinarily.

The bracket design is distinctly art deco, as was the trend for items produced in the 1930s. A small portion of the decoration is missing from the example facing Pearson Road.

A Royce Thompson Microstar 2000 miniature photocell is positioned in one of the top panels on this lantern.

This excerpt from the Revo catalogue provides a positive identification for these lanterns. The 175 shilling cost (in approximately 1935) would equate to well over £1200 in modern currency!

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