c. 1820 Rare BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Brass Drawer Pull
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Post-Revolutionary War to Civil War
Choice "Benjamin Franklin" Portrait Brass Drawer Pull
c. 1820 Federal Period, "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, L.L.D." Early Design Type Franklin Portrait Brass Drawer Pull, Complete with Nut, Choice Extremely Fine or better.
Beautifully crafted original Brass Profile image of Benjamin Franklin facing left, wearing a curly wig graces the front of this drawer pull, as always undated. The raised, medallic image is on a 1.5" diameter knob, attached to 1" long metal pull rod and a 1.25" bolt. The original escutcheon and nut are present and included. Original natural golden-olive patina with minimal wear or rubbing to the raised surfaces. These commemorate the learned and celebrated Ben Franklin, a man of letters in addition to being a revolutionary thinker, inventor, printer, politician and American patriot. One of the nicest, most original and earliest made examples we have encountered of this rare design type and certainly the nicest in quality we have offered.
Choice "Benjamin Franklin" Portrait Brass Drawer Pull
c. 1820 Federal Period, "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, L.L.D." Early Design Type Franklin Portrait Brass Drawer Pull, Complete with Nut, Choice Extremely Fine or better.
Beautifully crafted original Brass Profile image of Benjamin Franklin facing left, wearing a curly wig graces the front of this drawer pull, as always undated. The raised, medallic image is on a 1.5" diameter knob, attached to 1" long metal pull rod and a 1.25" bolt. The original escutcheon and nut are present and included. Original natural golden-olive patina with minimal wear or rubbing to the raised surfaces. These commemorate the learned and celebrated Ben Franklin, a man of letters in addition to being a revolutionary thinker, inventor, printer, politician and American patriot. One of the nicest, most original and earliest made examples we have encountered of this rare design type and certainly the nicest in quality we have offered.
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c. 1820 Rare BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Brass Drawer Pull
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