THE HUNT for Yale & Towne Austerlitz Pulls
This week I was confronted with a tragic reality. I am missing twenty-three Yale & Towne Austerlitz sash pulls. Oh, the horror. The horror.
The pulls are 5-1/8-inches wide. And fabulously detailed. Fabulously!
Bob, the previous owner, thinks he might have a box-of pulls. But he might not. And, for two years now, I have been after Bob to retrieve the missing 1894 screen doors. So, I am disinclined about spending too much time in this direction.
My options thus are to try and find Austerlitz pulls on eBay or elsewhere, or to have a company cast new pulls.
I did this post to create…a treasure hunt frenzy. THESE are the pulls. THIS is their size. So, who knows? Maybe next week you will be at a yard sale and spot…something incredible.
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The details are fabulous!
I do recall a couple of buckets of pulls in your basement storage room but I think they’re round? It’s on the video I took.
The pulls are 5 1/8 wide but what’s the length?
This isn’t a window pull, but isn’t this your doorknob and doorplate? Just in case you are needing one.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/like/371807837585?vectorid=229529&lgeo=1&item=371807837585&rmvSB=true
https://m.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Bronze-Doorknob-Matching-Doorplate-Yale-Towne-Austerlitz-1893/371807837585?hash=item5691795d91:g:wX4AAOSwB09YRzI~
FYI
I posted your treasure hunt in a Facebook group I’m part of and a gentleman told me to try ‘The Old Hardware Store’ in Halstead Kansas. I googled it and it looks like the business is up for sale but their website is still active. Not sure they will have anything that you need, but I guess it’s worth a shot.
Hi, Marjie!
I am familiar with The Old Hardware Store, and have been there many times.. Alas, they do not have my hardware.
I don’t know if this would be of help to you, but I came up with this ebook during a search.
Cool! Thanks, Jenine!