LARGE
AND
SPECTACULAR
ANTIQUE
VICTORIAN SCROLL
DOORKNOCKER
~ DATED CIRCA 1882 ~
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ANTIQUE CAST IRON DOORKNOCKER EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE VICTORIAN TASTE
RESCUED FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A GRAND VICTORIAN HOME IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
...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 ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING IN AN EASTLAKE VICTORIAN DESIGN WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HIGH STYLE
MARKED ON REVERSE A. KENRICK & SONS No. 421
OPULENT TWISTS, CUT-OUTS, LEAF AND FLORAL ORNAMENTATION THROUGHOUT
WEIGHTY INCISED AND ELONGATED KNOCKER ARM PUNCTUATED WITH SCROLLED BALUSTER HANDGRIP
...AND APPEAR TO BE THE ORIGINAL OLD CARRIAGE BOLTS AND NUTS
MAY BE THE ORIGINAL BLACK PAINT, DISPLAYING AGE WEAR
A WARM MELLOWED PATINA THAT ONLY COMES WITH TRUE AGE AND USE
...AND A KNOCK LOUD ENOUGH TO AWAKEN THE SPIRITS OF AGES PAST
**PER MY RESEARCH, THE BRITISH 'KITE' OR 'DIAMOND' SHAPE DESIGN REGISTRATION MARK ON REVERSE SIDE
...DATES THIS DOORKNOCKER TO BETWEEN 1842-1883 ...SEE CHARTS IN PHOTO #12
AFTER 1883 THE KITE SHAPE MARK WAS NO LONGER USED, SO I WOULD ESTIMATE THIS TO AT LEAST THAT OLD
IF YOU LOOK AT CHART B, THIS DOORKNOCKER APPEARS TO HAVE A YEAR CODE L
...WHICH WOULD DATE THIS ARCHITECTURAL SURVIVOR TO 1882
IMPRESSIVE SIZE MEASURES APPROX. 8.00" INCHES TALL x 3.00" INCHES WIDE
ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 142 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