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Left: the servants' register. This showed the servants which room was ringing for them. Although this register is appropriate for the era, it is not the original, which would have been much larger. In nearly every room there was a button to call a servant. It looks like a door bell (below). Below left: the house doorbell.


Below: hallway sconce on the second floor.







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