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Door handle (Thumb latch)
1820
Description
This thumb latch, part of a door handle now missing its thumbpiece and latch bar, once hung on the front door of a Freemasons's lodge in Vergennes, Vermont. Carefully engraved symbols include stylized acacia trees, a compass and square, and an all-seeing eye in a sunburst. The thumb latch is dated 1820, the year when the expanding lodge relocated within town. It likely was made by a local blacksmith with wrought iron produced by the Monkton Ironworks Company in Vergennes.
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
Vergennes; Vermont; Addison; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Iron
Museum Object Number
1952.0011
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1952.0011
Object Name
Door handle (Thumb latch)
Category
Metals
Place of Origin
Vergennes; Vermont; Addison; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Probably Vergennes, Vermont.
Date
1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front of the upper plate, at center
Inscription: "1820" stamped incuse.
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Masonic imagery
Materials
- Iron
Techniques
- Wrought
Dimensions (inches)
18.701 (H) x 5.827 (W) x 1.693 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
47.5 (H) x 14.8 (W) x 4.3 (D)