Lace maternity beater Image of a maternity beater (title on object), A lace maternity beater. Used around 1750 in Haarlem to hang on the door under the door knocker to soften the sound of the knocker and to indicate that a child was born in the house. Above left: Pl. VIII, lace, door-knocker, doorbell, anonymous, in or before 1776, paper, etching, h 191 mm × w 166 mm
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