Assembly, Latch
- Object Name:
- Assembly, Latch
- Object ID:
- 1994.511.09
- Description:
- Latch, door. Iron and steel. U-shaped cast steel handle attached through two holes in sheet-steel plate. Ends of handle are swaged over on back of steel panel. Rectangular steel plate, 0.07" thick, with four semi-circular decorative cutouts in each corner. 0.25" holes between top and bottom end cutouts. Four similar holes on either side at the edges between handle attachment points. Handle rises 1.8" away from plate at three decorative bosses that are cast in at center. Above handle is rectangular slot. Two vertical plates attached to back of major plate. Small ears pass through sides of slot to hold themselves in place. Wrought iron thumb latch, 3.7" long, that passes between the small vertical plates and rotates on small horizontal shaft that is peened over on outside surfaces of support plates. End of thumb latch is bean-shaped and 0.85" deep x 1.4" wide. Whole thumb plate is concave. Back of latch has 80% of black finish left on it. Very small traces of decorative surface on front of latch.
- Material:
- Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-7.1 W-1.7 D-4.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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