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1861
GUSN-31243
Pair of knobs - glass tops and silver bases? - with naval scenes cast in. (One glass top and scene missing.) Brass escutcheons; one nickel-plated. Knobs set screwed to iron spindle. All with wood display block (in place of door).
doorknobs
brass (alloy)
casting (process)
glass (material)
iron (metal)
nickel (metal)
plate (material)
painting (coating)
silver (metal)
wood (plant material)
ships
Glass
Brass
Silver
Painted
Slip Cast
Ship
Nickel
Iron
DOORKNOB
Day, Edmund (Patent holder)
2.375 (diameter) (inches)
1927.110
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