LARGE
AND
SPECTACULAR
ANTIQUE
GEORGIAN
URN TORCHIERE
DOORKNOCKER
~ EST. CIRCA 1890 - 1910 ~
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ANTIQUE BRONZE or BRASS CLASSIC GEORGIAN URN TORCHIERE DOORKNOCKER
...EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE VICTORIAN TASTE
RESCUED FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A GRAND OLD HOME IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
...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 DETAILED CASTING OF A FLUTED AND REEDED URN TORCHIERE WITH FLOURISHES AND FOLIATES
...AND TOPPED BY A PINEAPPLE FINIAL REPRESENTING HOSPITALITY
HEAVY STYLIZED KNOCKER ARM WITH 'BEADED' OVAL FINGER GRIP
SUBSTANTIAL PIVOT ROD ON REVERSE SIDE ATTESTS 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. 8.00 INCHES TALL X 4.25 INCHES WIDE
ESTIMATED AT OVER 100 YEARS OLD
...AND SHOWS HONEST AGE-RELATED USE 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