Antique Door Furniture

UKAA are approved stockists of an excellent period range of Victorian antique door furniture in brass, black, nickel and iron. Our traditional antique door furniture is ideal for period Victorian or Georgian homes and buildings. The range includes door bells and pulls, front door ironmongery such as letter boxes and knockers, escutcheons and key hole covers, internal door knobs, finger plates and handles. We also offer the full 'From the Anvil' range.

UKAA offer a shipping service throughout the UK and Worldwide on any of our door furniture please contact us at the office for more information.

Here at UKAA we try to purchase the best quality reclaimed refurbished door and window furniture, from door knobs and latches to bell pulls.

Antique Door Furniture was made mainly out of brass and would have been hand made using cast moulds in foundries. Iron work was also popular and this would have been made by the local blacksmith in the village.

 
You can often pick up nice single pieces of antique reclaimed door furniture. Old antique door furniture is nice and heavy and would be made from solid brass and would not have been lacquered. A nice door knocker will often be worn in certain areas from being handled in a certain position over many years. It will often feel smooth to the touch. Women would have cleaned door furniture especially front doors on a weekly basis at the same time as scrubbing the door steps. Middle class properties would have had smart door furniture as a sign of wealth. The regular cleaning would have contributed to the patina of the item. As a purist I think if we could get enough of the old antique and reclaimed door furniture I think we would however as it often the case it just isn’t available and so we have had to go down the reproduction route.

 

Long before the doorbell, homeowners hung door knockers on their entrance doors. Door knockers have a long history -- they have probably existed as long as houses have had doors -- but it wasn't until the Middle Ages that door knockers became a fanciful house accessory. Obviously, the purpose of a door knocker is to allow a guest the opportunity to announce his presence. During the superstitious Middle Ages, door knockers took on gruesome faces, such as gargoyles, dogs and lions, to ward off evil spirits from entering the home.

 
The doctor’s door knocker got its name from the Victorian times when the Doctor’s house would have had this specific style knocker on his door and people would be able to recognize the doctor’s house from the door knocker alone. Thus it is now known as the ‘Doctors door knocker’

The dilemma therefore is to find an alternative but it has to be of the highest quality. UKAA have managed to source this after years of searching. 

 

UKAA are stockists of an exclusive range of elegant Victorian/Edwardian styled door furniture. The range is only available in the top few outlets within the Architectural Antiques industry. In keeping with tradition, the products are not lacquered, allowing the items to age gracefully. All of our door furniture is supplied with the appropriate screws. Our quality range of products include - Bells and bell pulls, Cupboard knobs, Door knobs, Door knockers, Door pulls and door bolts, Escutcheons, Iron hinges and latches, Letter plates, Rim Locks and Rim Latches and Toilet Roll holders. These come in a variety of finishes including Brass, antiqued brass, nickel and antiqued and polished nickel. Our vast range of iron work made by the Anvil door furniture also comes in lots of different finishes from traditional black, pewter, beeswax, and a stunning bronze finish is now a very popular choice. 

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The advantage of going down the reproduction route is that we can get the quantities so if you are replacing all your door furniture we will be able to get the quantities needed. Due to us sourcing excellent quality manufacturers you are not compromising on quality. Our door furniture is made using traditional methods and quality materials therefore our door furniture is not lacquered. This gives a better look and feel to the items. You can also polish the traditional way using a metal cleaner like brasso or you leave the item to tarnish gracefully with age.

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