ANTIQUE
VICTORIAN
HORIZONTAL OVAL
WITH
SCALLOPED SHELL DETAIL
BRASS
DOORKNOCKER
~ ESTIMATED CIRCA 1890 - 1910 ~
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CLASSIC BRASS DOORKNOCKER EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE VICTORIAN TASTE
RESCUED FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A VICTORIAN HOME
...IN THE HISTORIC BUNKER HILL DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
...THAT WAS (UNFORTUNATELY) TORN DOWN IN THE 1950's
TIMELESS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REMINISCENT OF A BYGONE ERA
...AND SURE TO BE THE FOCAL POINT ON A DOOR OF DISTINCTION
VERY UNUSUAL HORIZONTAL OVAL FORM AS OPPOSED TO THE USUAL VERTICAL VERSION
...PUNCTUATED WITH A SCALLOPED SHELL HINGE AND FINGER GRIP FORMING A WEIGHTY KNOCKER ARM
SUBSTANTIAL HEFT AND SMOOTH CASTING ATTEST TO AGE AND QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP
...AND SETS THIS APART FROM SKIMPY MODERN REPRODUCTION DOORKNOCKERS
A WARM MELLOWED PATINA THAT ONLY COMES WITH TRUE AGE AND USE
...AND A KNOCK LOUD ENOUGH TO AWAKEN THE SPIRITS OF AGES PAST
MEASURES APPROX. 5 1/2 INCHES WIDE BY 4 1/4" TALL
ESTIMATED AT OVER 100 YEARS OLD
...AND SHOWS HONEST AGE-RELATED WEAR AND 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