HIGH QUALITY RECLAIMED / SALVAGED SOLID CAST BRASS PUSH PULL HANDLES.

LONDON'S CONTROVERSIAL CROSSRAIL HAS BROUGHT MANY THINGS TO LONDON, HAPPINESS FOR SOME, JOBS FOR OTHERS AND SADNESS FOR OTHERS.

WHAT CROSSRAIL HAS BROUGHT ME IS HIGH QUALITY BRASS HANDLES FROM THE BUILDINGS BEING DEMOLISHED.

THESE HANDLES CAME FROM A DEMOLISHED BRITISH RAILWAYS OFFICE IN THE EAST END OF LONDON.

 AS CAN BE SEEN THESE HANDLES ARE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION.

THESE COME FROM A ERA BEFORE PENNY PINCHING ACCOUNTANTS AND DEVELOPERS FITTED THE CHEAPEST DOOR FURNITURE THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH.

EVEN AFTER OVER 100 YEARS OF USE THESE HANDLES SHOW NO WEAR AND LOOK AS GOOD AS THE DAY THEY WERE FITTED..

THE PAIR WEIGH 900g  AND THE BACK PLATE IS 4cm WIDE AND IS 19cm IN LENGTH.

PROPERLY CAST HANDLES THAT HARK BACK TO AN ERA WHEN BRITAIN WAS A WORLD LEADER IN QUALITY DOOR FURNISHINGS.

 BRASS AND COPPER WERE KNOWN TO KILL BACTERIA HENCE THEIR WIDESPREAD USAGE IN VICTORIAN HOSPITALS, VICTORIAN OFFICE BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLS.

 (MRSA AND SIMILAR BACTERIA WILL SURVIVE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS ON STAINLESS STEEL BUT WILL DIE OUT WITHIN MINUTES ON BRASS OR COPPER) 

 THESE ANTIQUE HANDLES HAVE BEEN RESTORED TO A HIGH STANDARD AND HAND POLISHED TO A HIGH LUSTRE AND ARE READY TO FIT.

 THESE SOLID BRASS HANDLES WILL LOOK OUTSTANDING IN ANY PERIOD OR MODERN PROPERTY.

BEWARE OF CHEAP COPIES THAT HARK FROM THE FAR EAST, THESE HAVE LOW BRASS CONTENT AND UNLIKE THESE HANDLES THEY WILL NOT LAST 100 YEARS OR APPRECIATE IN VALUE.

SAVE MONEY AND THE PLANET, FIT SOME RECLAIMED BRITISH HERITAGE TO YOUR DOORS.