1700-1718
GUSN-28052
Latch assembly with A) pull and thumb lever: bean-head escutcheons, straight thumb lever. Handle tapers at each end. B) latch bar: flat, tapered to bean-head. D) catch: rectangular tapered tang, clinched and broken. Other tags not attached to objects. No staple, as listed on tag. Olive paint on all parts. Tagged "'18 c type' - Perkins House, Topsfield"
staples
iron (metal)
painting (coating)
Device, Securing
Latch
Iron
Painted
Latch
Original To Timothy Perkins House,
1918.105
Unknown
2.25 (W) (inches)
Gift of George Francis Dow
1918.105A-D
Massachusetts (United States)
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