
Popular with variations. There are both clock-wise and counter clock-wise spirals and an outer loop enclosing them. The A. G. Newman version has knurled bands on the side. The Guerin version (1914), the Russell & Erwin ("Cantebury", 1897) version, H&D (1890 catalog) version and Bayer, Gardner & Himes "Winthrop", 1925 catalog pictures make it more difficult to see differences. The Norwalk version used four ovals outside the spirals.
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“Cantebury / Winthrop” (catalogue H-44700) is an antique doorknob recorded in the Fourfold Symmetry category (Category H) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by P. E. Guerin, C. 1890. The pattern belongs to the Old English school of ornament.
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