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Doorknob
Doorknob

Doorknob

Date1852 to about 1900
MediumMold-formed marbelized stoneware with a lead glaze; iron
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 1 5/8 x 2 1/8in. (4.1 x 5.4cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Joan Morris of The Morris House
DescriptionRound doorknob made of stoneware with a marbelized appearance, created by mixing at least two different colors of clay. The ceramic was coated with a clear lead glaze, then mounted on a cylindrical iron support with a square opening in the center. The iron part of the doorknob is rusty. There are light scratches in the glaze on the ceramic portions of the doorknob.
Object number1984.114.1
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Doorknobs
The Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company
1852 to about 1900
Doorknob
The Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company
1852 to about 1900
Pitcher
Sidney Risley
1840-1850
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Sidney Risley
1840-1850
2005.29.0b
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1750-1775
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1750-1775
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1892-1903
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Pratt family
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Goodwin & Webster
1810-1840
Plate
Unknown
late 18th-mid 19th century
Gift of Martha Dewing, 2015.173.42, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Dorothy Cheney Goodwin