LARGE
AND
SPECTACULAR
ANTIQUE
VICTORIAN
EASTLAKE DESIGN
A. KENRICK & SONS No. 405
DOORKNOCKER
~ ESTIMATED CIRCA 1870 - 1885 ~
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ANTIQUE CAST IRON DOORKNOCKER EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE VICTORIAN TASTE
RESCUED FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A VICTORIAN 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
CLASSIC ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING IN AN EASTLAKE VICTORIAN DESIGN
MARKED ON REVERSE A. K & SONS No. 405
(ARCHIBALD KENRICK & SONS FOUNDRY, WEST BROMWICH, ENGLAND)
OPULENT SCROLLS, TWISTS, CUT-OUTS, ZIG ZAGS, AND OTHER EASTLAKE VICTORIAN ORNAMENTATION THROUGHOUT
WEIGHTY INCISED AND ELONGATED KNOCKER ARM ABOVE DECORATED BACK/STRIKE PLATE
...AND APPEARS TO BE THE ORIGINAL OLD BOLT AND NUT
A WARM MELLOWED PATINA THAT ONLY COMES WITH TRUE AGE AND USE
...AND A KNOCK LOUD ENOUGH TO AWAKEN THE SPIRITS OF AGES PAST
IMPRESSIVE SIZE MEASURES APPROX. 8 1/4" INCHES TALL x 3.00" INCHES WIDE
ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 130 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