matching set of original 19th century american interior residential flush mount window sash lifts or handles designed and fabricated by branford lock works, branford, ct. the two handles are comprised of cast brass with a metallic bronze enameled inlay used to accentuate the casting detail. the refinished pulls were salvaged from the extant david c. cook mansion, located in elgin, il. the handles were used on each of the second floor bedroom window sash frames (two per window). priced for the pair. david c. cook, founder of a prominent religious publishing operation, built the high victorian queen anne chateauesque style mansion on the corner of gifford and division streets in 1885. in 1945 the grand residence was converted (i.e., modernized and expanded) into the mary margaret nursing home and later renamed the bowes retirement center. fortunately, interior elegant furnishings located on both the first and second floors were left intact from the time of mr. cook's occupancy. the fate of the house remains uncertain. measure approximately 6 1/2 inches.