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This knob features the initials from perhaps the most famous signature in American history, being from the first signer of the Declaration of Independence and was used by the John Hancock Insurance Company of Boston in their early buildings. Click on each photo below to view additional images and information. Formerly catalogued as O-178.

Specifications

School / Style
Emblematic
Manufacturer
P & F Corbin
Circa Dates
C. 1910
Classification
Category P - P-400
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P-44900

About this record

“Jh  John Hancock” (catalogue P-44900) is an antique doorknob recorded in the Public Buildings/Seals category (Category P, Multi-Letters) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by P & F Corbin, C. 1910. The pattern belongs to the Emblematic school of ornament.

Moving off a platform we had outgrown

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