Brittan Graham & Mathes Lotus Double Keyhole Door Plate

Description

Brittan Graham & Mathes Lotus Double Keyhole Door Plate

Early cast iron door plate with bronze accents made by Brittan Graham & Mathes. Lotus design, seen in 1890 catalogue. The plate is an exterior door plate with double keyhole. This type of plate was often used on hotel or apartment doors where there would be a master key and a tenant key. The bottom keyhole has a swinging bronze cover plate. The cup is also bronze. The plate is marked 850A 1060 on the back. This plate was used with a number of different doorknob designs within the catalogue.

The door plate measures 7 1/8″h x 1 3/4″w. Center to center distance between the doorknob hole and first keyhole is 2″. Center to center between doorknob hole and second keyhole is 3 1/4″.

This Brittan Graham & Mathes Lotus Double Keyhole Door Plate is an antique item and may show wear due to age. This may include scratches, pitting, patina, finish loss, rust or other general wear. We attempt to include any significant damage beyond regular wear within the description. We make every effort to clean as much paint, dirt and rust off of items while still leaving as much of the original patina as possible. Photos shown are of actual item you will receive.

This item is shippable.

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Brittan Graham & Mathes

Brittan Graham & Mathes began as Nimick & Brittan Mfg.Co. In 1888. The company was located in Pittsburgh, PA.