Land+Living: Iron Doorbell

Accessories — November 11, 2004 Posted by Anthony

Not exactly modern, but definitely retro cool.

Imagine for a moment that you had one of these retro-cool turnkey doorbells installed in your place. How many people do you think would have no idea how to use it or for that matter, even know what it was? I can see it now, "look at this guy, his deadbolt was installed the wrong way!"

This is really what used to be a corridor bell, as it was originally used for flats in apartment blocks. But the neat bell mechanism, made completely without the use of plastic components, can also be heard in the average-sized family house. The key twist mechanism is designed to fit doors of 6 cm thickness, but can be shortened for thinner doors by cutting the square shaft with a hacksaw. The quality nickel-coated steel plate bell can also be mounted outside.

Link: Manufactum
Via: The Red Ferret Journal

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Comments (4)

Nicholas — November 12, 2004

At my parents' old house, there was one of these doorbells. It must have been 5 years ago, and even then nobody would ever use it. Just a "knock knock" on the door was all.

bjb — April 4, 2005
popular in PDX

I live in Portland, Oregon, and you will find plenty of these on older, nicer PDX homes. in fact, www.rejuvenation.com, in Portland, has many. they specialize in re-creating. home depot has nothin' on them (or their prices & quality for that matter).

Chris — December 9, 2005
Modern Doorbells

If you are looking for something more modern, I recently found some great looking modern doorbell chimes at www.moderndoorbells.com. Seems like there are thousands of doorbell buttons out there, but this is the part that goes in your house.

Trudi — June 18, 2008
Doorbell Factory

This website carries the biggest selection I've seen, and they have a section especially for these antique doorbells. Check it out!