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Chicago Public Works
Chicago Public Works
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Two solid cast brass passage knobs from the Chicago Public Works building...which, along with Lot 25, is inspiration for a comedy routine...as found (!)

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Collector Quality Doorknobs

May 10, 2024 1:00 PM EDT|
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Cast iron LETTERS Slot: Large cast iron LETTERS slot in late 19th. c. neo-Grec taste...14" x 3"...spring has disappeared...other wise nice as found...
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Three Monogrammed Passage Knobs: Brass, bronze, & plastic: HW not identified; TEC also unknown; LN from the Lefcourt building in Newark, NJ c. 1930...all good as found...
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Two Emblematic Passage Knobs: Two cast brass passage knobs, one from Battin High School, Elizabeth, and the other with the coat-of-arms of Albany NY...both c. 1900 and as found...
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Deep Blue Glass: Deep blue (looks like black) glass passage knob on a tapered brass shank c. 1880s...cast glass made to look like it was hand-worked...nice as found
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Three Cast iron Passage Plates: Three cast iron passage plates...largest is 8.5" x 3"...good as found...
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R&E Entry Plate: Most desirable entry door plate from R&E c. 1870...used behind several compression cast knobs...this example very nice as found...
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Three Cast Iron Passage Knobs: Three cast iron passage knobs, each with a personality...all nice as found...
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Hinge Plates: The best part of vintage hinges: all the decoration and none of the weight...the largest measures 6" x 4"...the pair is from Philadelphia City Hall...all as found...
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Look Closely: Here's one for ya...note sure if this jumbo knob (from the Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City) is right: it does not have a shank...but it looks so good on this fancy hotel back plate that its worth a
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Three Cast Iron Passage Plates: Three cast iron passage plates that seem way to detailed for their actual purpose...but that was Great American Design back in the late 19th. C...7.5" x 1.5"...note the "English" R&E marked which
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