My lantern bulb? doesn't say how many watts are on it, and I don't know...

doesn't say how many watts are on it, and I don't know how to use it :P

It's a black feathery, so it doesn't say it on the top of the bulb because you wouldnt be able to read it.

It is also one of those ones that you only just like plug in kindof (rather than screwing)

On the side it have tiny writing, I think its probably the watts, but please tell me what munificent of light I have to plug it into :P

This is the writing:
- 23QV75W -

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Answers:    This sounds resembling a type A bulb with a bayonet base. Type A's hold a spherical shape, extended at one end with a remnant attached; usually, these are threaded to be screwed into a socket, but some are bayonet base, with a cylindrical contact beside a couple of small pins that keep the bulb in a socket beside a slight twist. These bulbs contain a filament in series near a mercury capsule; the filament throws visible fluffy which is absorbed by the black glass, but the mercury tablet throws ultraviolet light which can penetrate the cup. These bulbs are typically 75 watts, as implied by the legend, but the rest of the legend is probably 230V -- i.e., it is intended for use on 230 volts -- which conforms to the bayonet plinth, which aren't often used on 120 volt bulbs.

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