FABULOUS
AND
RARE
ANTIQUE
ART NOUVEAU
DOORKNOCKER
~ ESTIMATED CIRCA 1880 - 1905 ~
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ANTIQUE BRONZE OR BRASS DOORKNOCKER EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE ART NOUVEAU TASTE
RESCUED FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A GRAND VICTORIAN ERA HOME IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
...THAT WAS (UNFORTUNATELY) TORN DOWN IN THE 1960's
TIMELESS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REMINISCENT OF A BYGONE ERA
...AND SURE TO BE THE FOCAL POINT ON A DOOR OF DISTINCTION
CLASSIC ART NOUVEAU FLUID AND SINUOUS SCULPTURAL DESIGN WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HIGH STYLE
CURVING LINES, SWAGS, ARCHES, SND SENSUAL FLORAL ORNAMENTATION THROUGHOUT
WEIGHTY STYLIZED SCROLL KNOCKER ARM TERMINATING IN A FLOWER BUD FINGER GRIP
NOTE SOLID PIVOT ROD ON REVERSE SIDE THAT ATTESTS TO AGE AND QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP
...AND SETS THIS APART FROM SKIMPY MODERN REPRODUCTION DOORKNOCKERS
AMAZINGLY STILL PRESENT ARE BOTH ORIGINAL ANTIQUE BOLTS AND SQUARE-CUT NUTS
A SUPERB MELLOWED PATINA FRONT AND BACK THAT ONLY COMES WITH TRUE AGE AND USE
...AND A KNOCK LOUD ENOUGH TO AWAKEN THE SPIRITS OF AGES PAST
VERY HEAVY AND SUBSTANTIAL...
MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 7 " INCHES TALL BY 4 " INCHES WIDE
ESTIMATED AT OVER 100 YEARS OLD
...AND SHOWS HONEST AGE-RELATED WEAR AND SPLENDID PATINA
SEE ALL PHOTOS AS THEY ARE THE BEST INDICATION OF CONDITION
"I TRULY BELIEVE EVERY OLD OBJECT HAS A STORY TO TELL...
AND OH, WHAT STORIES THIS DOORKNOCKER COULD SPEAK
...OF THE MANY FRIENDS AND CALLERS WHO CAME TO VISIT"...Cosmo Culpepper