
CATALOG ID: K-12500
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Augustus Prouty received patent # 224,040 on February 8, 1880 for the latch and #235,963 on December 28, 1880 for the lock used with his knobs. The knob pictured is an outside knob. The interior knob had a different design,M-12400. SeeAntique Builders' Hardwarepage 179. Click on each photo below to view additional images and information.
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Catalogue entry K-12500 is an antique doorknob recorded in the Eightfold Symmetry category (Category K) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by New England Butt Co., C. 1880. The pattern belongs to the Classic school of ornament.
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