Wanna Meet My Lock?
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I have a lock on two bathroom doors like that lock. Is there a key for it? I hate it when a kiddo locks it and won’t come out!
No key. When the door is locked, it cannot be opened from the hall.
The door push is upside-down. The wreath should be oriented the other way.
That is what I thought.
Oh, would the backplate be upside down because the ribbons on the wreath would normally hang down, not fly upwards?
Agreed. I think the plate is upside-down.
But not for long!
Some of the stuff like this that goes on in your beautiful abode makes me wonder if the Colonel is not messing with you sometimes – just for a laugh.
I think he is jealous bc he only got to enjoy it 6 months and look how much joy you are getting.
I’m very pleased to meet your lock. And yes I too think plate is upside down. And don’t worry there is a special level in hell for people who paint door hardware.
LOL, lots of fun comments here. I was just holding my laptop computer upside down to see what the plate looks like. I agree, it looks better with the ribbons draping down.
Since the handle was also upside down, is it possible the door was used opening the other way in another life?
Yale catalog shows the ribbons at the bottom, and the Empire wreath is most often open to the top, so right you are.
Thanks, Bo!
I would argue that it would be odd to tie a bow with the loops hanging down, yet it could be argued as well that the ends of a bow would be unlikely to go up. Is this an old Yale catalog, maybe from the 1890’s? Is the source catalog from which you originally identified the rest of the hardware available to see how this plate might have been displayed by the designer. I fully recognize that the installer may have made a judgement call of his own, as that seems to be what it seems to come down to. My aunt calls me her gadfly for such remarks.
Is it possible that the whole door was upside down? I have seen a pull (not near as elaborate as the one in your house) with a deadbolt lock above it (so that only older children and adults could access it, and a small child couldn’t lock themselves in) before in an 1895 house that we owned. I have to wonder since the pull, and the plate were both upside down.
The door has a distinct up/down pattern.
The door was never installed upside-down.
P.S. My pull was very plain, and the push plate was missing….but, the locks looked identical.
That lock!!! Yes. That’s exactly what I need. Pray if you every find one with a 2″ backset, I will pay a fairly unreasonable amount of money to acquire it. Love that hardware!
Hi Ross. Do you plan to polish all the hardware, or leave with the patina?
Part of me is curious to see them without all the grime!
Hi, Jordan!
Most of the interior hardware has later coats of shellac over. With this removed, the original finish is revealed, which only requires a GENTLE brushing with 0000 steel wool.
I have those locks on both of my bathroom doors, very interesting.
Maybe the whole door was flipped? Seems odd that the hardware was installed upside down on both sides.
I think it is upside down. I seem to recall those laurel wreaths in other parts of the house are open on the top.
It also seems to me those little petite locks are above the handles not below. Could it be the entire door is upside down? That would certainly change which way it swings. Could the change in swing have happened when the radiator was installed as then the door wouldn’t open at all if I recall the story of the coat hook.