On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:25:43 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 9/17/2014 3:06 AM, micky wrote:
Were there open bottom lanterns?



http://www.homedepot.com/p/Hampton-B...ct_description
which it says has a "Traditional open-bottom lantern design with an
aged-iron finish"

Really? There were open bottom lanterns? Is that true?

Yes, and you can still buy them
http://www.nausetlanternshop.com/tavern-wall.html

Thanks Ed, J, G. You've convinced me.

My own fixture has been covered with ivy for years, so much that I
couldn't tell if the light was on or not. Now that it isn't, sometimes
it seems to work and sometimes it seems not to. (It was always hard to
put in automatic mode, or permanently on, or know which mode I'd put it
in.) If it can't make it work most of the time, I'll buy that one I
liked.