Beautiful 1790s site door knob!

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Beautiful 1790's site door knob!

 

[Ihatepoisonivy]

Hello Ivy, I can't say, for sure, what you've found, (the focus on your single photo is not too focusy to my eyes) but it looks to me to be an antique brown swirly glazed porcelain door knob. I've found a lot of them. I've found them in the swirly brown, plain brown, black & white. When I've found them broken, they generally have a reddish / brown fired clay interior, except for the white ones, which are white through & through. I believe these are Victorian era... Glass would allow light to pass through, if you're still thinking it glass&#133; <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=960161"/> 2 Vintage Glazed Pottery Marble Finished Stone Door Knobs Mechanism <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=960162"/> Antique Classic Brown Chocolate Swirl Marble Door Knobs AND Post

Awesome info!

 

[gunsil]

Surf, I thought it was translucent, but you're right it is more likely glazed ceramic now that I look more closely at it. There surely are similar slag glass ones, but the porcelain or ceramic ones are a lot more common.