Number Plates

The number plates we mean are those that sit on your postbox or door, helping people find your house. Unfortunately, we don’t stock car number plates, as in the period our hardware is in the style of, there weren’t enough cars, and they didn’t cause enough trouble) to worry about identifying each of them!

Solid brass number plates will probably suit the rest of your furniture and hardware best, and are also the easiest to come by..

How to clean your number plate

If your number plate is made of a solid brass, you will have to clean it every month or so. The best way to clean brass is to wipe it with a soft cloth. To keep it new and shiny,you will also need a special brass polish which can be purchased on our website.

Interesting facts:

In the late 1880s the selling of builders’ hardware was entrusted to men who enjoyed close, careful, painstaking detail work. They took great pride and interest in this highly specialized vocation. In the absence of these skilled people, we need the records of the past to help us with our hardware.

According to the records, 30,000 doors per day were manufactured in the state of New York in 1897. The total for that year? Nine million! Hung, each door might require seven or more of the fifty-plus items available for the house – doorknobs to birdcage hooks.