Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
1942-1945
1946.89a-c
Wool, silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Drawer pulls (2)
Object name
Drawer pulls (2)
Date
1805-1809
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 in. ( 6.4 x 5.1 cm )
Description
Pair of stamped brass drawer pulls with low relief bust Thomas Jefferson facing left; "JEFFERSON" stamped in lower right below bust; pulls have circular face with beaded edges and circular back plate; threaded screw projects from back.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1948.396ab
Marks
stamped: below bust: "JEFFERSON"
stamped: on base of bust: "M. & P. F"
Gallery Label
Marchant was probably the designer of these drawer pulls and Pingo the engraver. Both men were active in London. The dies that they created were most likely sent to Matthew Boulton's Soho manufactory in Birmingham for production. Metal disks stamped with profile portraits, such as those used here, were also incorporated into cloak pins, mirror knobs, chimney hooks, curtain knobs, cabinet handles, and box lids. (See D. L. Fennimore, "Metalwork in Early America," Winterthur, 1996, p. 383.)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
