If there are any amateur chemists out there that can tell us how this brass door knob has developed that beautiful pastel green verdigris patination in the valleys in the design, we would love to know! It is usually confined to copper, we believed …
And if the photographer happens to read this, could you please clear up whether you were wearing pantaloons, or juts a ballet skirt when you took the photo, as per the reflection in the centre of the knob!

Photo credits: Door Knob Brass by Leo Reynolds

          

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