Bronze Passage Knob

Nice bronze passage knob in the Madrid pattern from Corbin, c.1890s…with flowers, foliage, and a large scallop shell…

Bronze passage knob from a Statler hotel…dates from the early 20th Century…very nice condition and shows some traces of an old gold wash…

Bronze passage knob from the Commonwealth Atlantic National Bank, Boston, c. 1923...excellent condition

We begin this auction with a bronze passage knob with an unusual profile…a variant of the Empire pattern that Corbin brought out in the 1890s…note the big cats amongst the classical foliage, which

Cast bronze passage knob with a Roman warrior looking right...offered by Corbin in 1870...some small marks on the reverse, and notice the shank pins...overall very nice condition.

Bronze passage knob and plate in the Kelp pattern from Yale, c.1890…a great reticulated design…the plate measures 7” x 3”…excellent color and condition…

Bronze passage knob, c. 1924, from the Cadillac Hotel, Detroit (where else?)...with an enamel rendering of the famous logo, which on this example has some dings...as found

Oval bronze passage knob dating from the 1890s…strong design, fine color, very nice condition…

Cast bronze passage knob with DFD monogram from the Detroit Fire Department c. 1900…as found with dings and dents but hey!, its from a Fire Station

Where else ya gonna find two swell knobs from South America??? Cast bronze passage knob with GHB monogram from the Gran Hotel Bolivar in Lima, Peru, c. 1924 PLUS a pressed brass passage knob from the

Bronze passage knob from in the form of a sunflower, complete with sunken center and button finial…note the nice wide finger band…a fine piece of casting and design…

Bronze passage knob with a D monogram along with a door plate measuring 9” x 2.75”…nice as found

Solid cast bronze passage knob with a DB monogram, and a door plate, 8.75" x 2.75", that began life separately...both good as found...

Bronze Passage Knob from Sargent c. 1900...named Jelsi design in the catalog...note the strong Greek fan motif and decorated finger band. As found condition.

Bronze passage knob with an American flag and a banner with "This We'll Defend", which is a U.S. Army motto...note the Greek key border which is rather incongruous with what is likely a 20th. C. desig

Bronze passage knob with the famous Cadillac logo, from a Detroit hotel of the same name…good condition but note the several dents around the circumference…

Heavy bronze passage knob from Robinson of Boston c. 1869s…note he parasol top and nicely knurled finger band…also note the footed shank…overall very nice condition…

Bronze passage knob & plate, 5.5” x 2”…in the Madras design from Yale & Towne c. 1890…nice as found

Bronze passage knob in the American Free Classic style...1890s all the way...illogically named "Frankfort" by R&E...dated on the shank...as found condition.

Red bronze passage knob with CF monogram along with a nice neo-classical door plate 6.5" x 2"...good as found condition...plate and knob did not start life together...

Bronze passage knob from the Board of Education of Newark, NJ. Excellent old color and condition.

Bronze passage knob from MW with a Celtic circle center and checker-board background…drum form, with nice old color…dates from the 1880s…

Oval bronze passage knob from the Park Lane hotel New York, a landmark building from the mid-20th Century. As found, with decades of historical handshakes included.

Nice bronze passage knob in the Brocade design from Corbin, c. 1885…this knob as a stand-out profile with intricate details all around…