SHUTTER HARDWARE

Shutter holdbacks can be furnished with drive spikes or surface mount plates for wood construction; or with straight pins for masonry.

2004

A shutter holdback or dog design found in the mid-Atlantic states; 5" to 6".

2003

A plain shutter holdback from Newport, RI; 5".

2005

A shutter dog from Rhode Island and common in many regions; 5".

2006

A shutter holdback from Philadelphia, but common to many coastal areas; 7".

2012

A shutterdog with a diamond shaped tab and a rattail scroll counterweight, similar to one found in Alexandria, Virginia; 6".

2013

A flared-tab dog showing a common form of stem and plate for surface mounting. Similar to one found in St. Augustine, Florida; 6".

2014

An S-scroll dog from Lafayette, Louisiana. The scroll body is triangular in cross section; 6".

2015

Another form of scroll tab, round counterweight dog from Annapolis, Maryland; 5½". Shown with a simple square plate mount.

2101

A casement latch for leaded-glass casement sash of the 17th and early 18th Century; 3½". Originally these latches did not have a strike plate shown to the left, but engaged into a groove cut in the sash jamb.

SASH HARDWARE

2002

Common twisted hook and staple for latching shutters, cupboards, shed doors; 3" to 12" long.

2007

A twisted hook with a reverse bend in the hook end, shown with standard staples; 4" to 8" long.

2001

An 18th-century sash pin with leather strap and nail for securing double-hung sash and keeping them open for air.