Messrs. W. Ince & J. Mayhew's Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, illustrated a pattern for a related hall lantern in 'an hexagon in the Gothic taste' (pl. V). A related 19th Century lantern was illustrated in Mallet, English and Continental Antique Furniture, London, 1987, p. 42.
A similar hall lantern was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 17 June 1993, lot 18.