Penn Portulaca Bronze Pull Handle Mansion, Store, Commercial Set. 1870 F-20600

Notice the Dolphins, sea creatures, besties, dragons - or whatever you see.

Most of these vintage pull handle sets had an integrated lock (where the plain circle is at the top of the pull). This set was built as pulls only which gives you more freedom when installing them on reclaimed doors. Instead of finding, and installing, an integrated original mortise lock you have the ability to install a simpler, and more secure, period appropriate deadbolt mortise lock above or below the pulls. Far simpler installation and maintenance, more secure, still looks 100% period. I have new old stock period cylinder dead bolts. Let me know if you need one or if you just have questions on how to install yours.

Beautiful set. I have several other pieces in the Portulaca pattern (and other patterns) that I haven’t listed yet. Let me know if there is something specific you are hunting for.

Penn Hardware started making this pattern in the 1880s. Reading had their Columbian Design. Corbin copied them with their Empire / Beastie design. Nashua even got into the game before they were bought out by producing a short lived, very similar, Franconia design. Other than Franconia this is the rarest of the Victorian Beastie patterns.

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