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Title: 1880 glass door knobs, shutter knobs,
Post by: greenacres on June 22, 2012, 07:07:12 PM: My husband these home today. I'm already in love with. I ready to rip of two doors. ;D The shutter knobs are neat too. The other thing is a keyhole to a mortice lock ????? A key hole frame???????#*#! It's driving us crazy what's the name of that?
Title: Re: 1880 glass door knobs, shutter knobs,
Post by: Rauville on June 22, 2012, 07:23:26 PM: Quote from: greenacres on June 22, 2012, 07:07:12 PM
...The other thing is a keyhole to a mortice lock ????? A key hole frame???????#*#! It's driving us crazy what's the name of that?

Ahh...the keyhole escutcheon.
Title: Re: 1880 glass door knobs, shutter knobs,
Post by: greenacres on June 22, 2012, 08:24:25 PM: Thanks Rauville, it was driving us. crazy. :) My husband remember as soon as I read it.
Title: Re: 1880 glass door knobs, shutter knobs,
Post by: jondar on June 23, 2012, 07:04:44 AM: Those door knobs also make neat walking cane heads.
Title: Re: 1880 glass door knobs, shutter knobs,
Post by: greenacres on June 23, 2012, 07:57:47 AM: great idea! I don't know what I'm going to do with them yet. I was checking ebay to see what was happening.
Title: Re: 1880 glass door knobs, shutter knobs,
Post by: jondar on June 23, 2012, 09:00:22 AM: If you can identify where the knobs came from and what building it doesn't hurt to divulge this if you decide to run them on Ebay. I bought the one shown and made a cane, it was supposed to come from a public school in Philadelphia where someone famous went to school. I've forgotten who now. I put three or four ounces of lead bird shot in the door knob, so now when I walk thru the valley of death I fear no evil because I'm the evilest so-and-so in the valley.
Title: Re: 1880 glass door knobs, shutter knobs,
Post by: greenacres on June 23, 2012, 03:55:29 PM: I know exactly where they came from. The part of Philadelphia called "Northern Liberties". It's right near the Delaware.
Title: Re: 1880 glass door knobs, shutter knobs,
Post by: KC on June 24, 2012, 08:41:54 PM: These crystal knobs are very popular these days for drapery tiebacks, display, reworked into coat hooks, etc....