• Condition:   These knobs are in excellent condition.  The glass has maybe a trace of wear but NO cracks, chips, dings, damage, etc.  The brass portion are in nice clean condition, and both knobs still retain their original set screws.  The glass knobs are firmly set in the brass casing, there is no slack or movement, which is rare.  Many of these you find are beat up and dirty, and the glass portion rattles loosely around in the brass casings, which are usually tarnished with layers of paint covering them.  This set has none of these issues. 

• Age:  These glass knobs are ORIGINAL ANTIQUE blown glass knob, ca. 1800 - 1910.

• Shipping: FREE DOMESTIC shipping. We DO ship Internationally but we do NOT insure International orders UNLESS BUYER SPECIFICALLY REQUESTS THIS AND WE ARE ABLE to provide an insurance estimate. It is becoming increasingly difficult to insure international orders and the price can exceed the price of the item, which can negate the sale. If an international shipping charge is much more than the actual shipping cost, we will refund the excess so what YOU pay for shipping/insurance is very close to, if not exactly, the ACTUAL shipping costs! This is important for foreign buyers to know as most of our foreign shipping charges are estimates. We do not falsify information on the Customs Form, such as a price other than what the actual purchase price is, so please do not request us to do so. We ship several times a week and your prompt payment will hasten the turn-around time.

You don't often see a matched set of these older shaped octagon (8 - sided) glass knobs, especially in this MINIATURE SIZE and in this EXCELLENT SOLID condition.  Usually when you see 'antique' glass door knobs, they are newer glass knobs which have a completely different pattern of glass and look.  They are machine-made of crystal-clear glass, and were factory made by the thousands in the post-WWII era of housing booms.  What is the best part about the set here is that they are SUN COLORED AMETHYST.  You hear about old glass turning purple in the sunlight ... the purple color is the result of having manganese in the glass.  Manganese is a mineral, a rock, that was mined, crushed, and pulverized into a powder, then added to vats of molten liquid glass, and acted as a decolorizing agent to turn the natural aqua-tinted glass into a pure crystal clear colorless glass.   Then it was blown into a mold to create a functional glass object.   But when exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun, it triggers a chemical reaction and the manganese starts to oxidize and slowly turns a lavender or amethyst color.   The end result is what collectors refer to as SCA (Sun Colored Amethyst) glass.   The longer it is in the sun the purpler it becomes.  A glass object has to be old enough to turn purple as with few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1914 has manganese in it and will turn SCA.  With the beginning of WWI, manganese was no longer available as foreign imports deceased and domestic resources turned towards the war effort.  At that time selenium sulphate replaced manganese as a glass de-colorizer and when exposed to UV rays, it turns a yellow / straw color, and a dark burnt amber color.   Not only does this SCA give make this an attractive looking set of knobs but it also authenticates them as being true antiques.  Not only can this set of knobs be used as door knobs, in an old home, but they are multi-functioning, they can be used to decorate as well.   We have seen them used as coat hangers and also (don't underestimate this one) they are used as stick shift knobs on vintage cars and pick-trucks, nice!  Again, with few exceptions, only clear glass from before 1914 will turn sun colored amethyst.  Not only does this amethyst color make them a great looking set of door knobs but it also authenticates them as being truly antique, check it out!

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