Upload photos of the vintage door knobs and escutcheons in your house — our famous Uploader is ON

Seriously, what other website wants to see photos of your old door knobs and related hardware — that is, escutcheons? This was suggested by reader Madeline, who wrote:

This rare escutcheon — oh my, so gorgeous — was designed by Howard Pierce; I’ve spotted the design for sale on ebay twice.

Hi Pam,

Would you consider doing a reader-uploader-thing for door knobs and related hardware? (I’m assuming you haven’t already done this in the past.)

I am debating over which style to use on my (currently nonexistent and purely theoretical!) 70’s style contemporary house after having amassed a decent amount of NOS Weiser tulip door knobs in antiqued brass.

I would love to see what other people have on their doors – interior and exterior!

If anybody collects old catalogs from Schlage, Weiser, and so on (someone has been buying them all off eBay… who are you?!) those could be interesting too.

Thanks,
Madeline

P.S. Your webpage is a dangerous influence! 😉

Thank you, Madeline, for the great idea. And I hope, “Dangerous in a Good Way” 😉

Our lead photo, above, to start: A Ruth Richmond for Weiserlock doorknob that designer Ben Sander turned me on to. Of course, ever since I wrote about these doorknobs, prices on ebay have doubled or tripled or more. Doggonit.

UPDATE: My site was taking too long to load. So I turned the Uploader off while I asked my host server to see what/if there was a problem. I’ll add the uploader back if / when. Meanwhile, enjoy the photos uploaded so far:

Tips to view slide show: Click on first image… it will enlarge and you can also read my captions… move forward or back via arrows below the photo… you can start or stop at any image: