
The Supervising Architects office at the United States Treasury designed and/or built most Federal buildings in the United States between 1850 and 1940. Some buildings featured the Treasury Department seal on doorknobs. This style was used in the 1880 Post Office & Courthouse on City Hall Square in New York, NY, portions of the Treasury Building in Washington, DC, and other buildings. The knobs are 2 3/4 inches in diameter. Click on each photo below to view additional images and information. Formerly catalogued as O-160.
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“Treasury Seal” (catalogue P-10110) is an antique doorknob recorded in the Public Buildings/Seals category (Category P, Seals) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by Russell & Erwin, circa 1875. The pattern belongs to the Emblematic school of ornament.
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