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Doorknob

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-61255

Description

Amethyst-colored glass doorknob with eight-sided ribs, a flat face, and bubbles at the center.

Details

Descriptive Terms

doorknobs
glass (material)
pressing
Hardware, Door
Doorknob
Doorknob

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P618

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 (D), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.5133

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