Assembly, Latch
- Object Name:
- Assembly, Latch
- Object ID:
- 1994.511.10
- Description:
- Latch, door. Wrought iron. Handle with two bean-shaped pads at ends. Each pad has three holes. Below top pad is short, rectangular shank with vertical, rectangular hole in it. Horizontal pivot pin that passes through side of shank and through body of latch bar. This pin slightly peened over on left side and has thick, flat head on right side. Curved, almost semi-circular handle section, flat on back, curved on outside surface. It rises 2" above bean pad plane. At apex of handle curve are three decorative horizontal scored lines, smoothed with wear. Latch bar extends 2.2" from back of handle to its end. Almost all of thumb pad broken off and missing from latch bar. Attachment pads distorted and lay flat on a surface. Imperfections in iron on back of handle and around shank hole where iron was worked. Imperfections are due to workmanship or impurities of metal.
- Material:
- Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-7.9 W-2 D-4.3 inches
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