
CATALOG ID: P-44900
Jh John Hancock
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.
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“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.
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