Despite the rich variety of other door hardware in the 19th century manufacturers clearly tried to outdo each other in a quest to make knobs out of the most novel materials or inventive processes.
18th century door locks.
First a word about locks those mostly invisible mechanisms operated by knobs latches and levers.
Ball and ball offers antique hardware and lighting reproductions using 18th century craftsmanship.
Our colonial door hardware will add a gleaming new look and modern functionality to your colonial home s interior or exterior doors.
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As lock picking became an art in the 18th century the inventor met the challenge of the burglar with increasingly complicated locking mechanisms.
We use a local traditional locksmith to restore original 19th century rim locks and rim latches.
Other items you can find in our showroom include 18th century door latches huge brass door pulls from old shops and offices ebony door knobs elaborate finger plates every conceivable pattern of keyhole cover old nails brass and steel bolts.
Among the new improvements were keys with changeable bits curtain closed out around keyholes to prevent tampering alarm bells combined with the action of the bolt and puzzle or ring padlocks.
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Along with simple latches rim locks or box locks that mount onto the surface of the door were the primary locks seen on houses from the early 18th century to about 1850.