LARGE 8\" ANTIQUE c.1886 VICTORIAN BRONZE DOCTORS DOORKNOCKER For Sale

LARGE

AND

SPECTACULAR

8\"

ANTIQUE

VICTORIAN

BRONZE ~ BRASS

DOCTOR\'S

DOORKNOCKER

~ ESTIMATED CIRCA 1880 - 1910~

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RESCUED FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A 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

THIS IS KNOWN AS A \"DOCTOR\'S DOORKNOCKER\"...

ORIGINALLY MADE SO THAT THE INJURED OR ILL COULD READILY IDENTIFY THE DOCTOR\'S RESIDENCE

VERTICAL CASTING OF SOLID HEAVY BRONZE OR BRASS WITH DETAILED SCROLLS, ARCHES, AND FLOURISHES

VERY SUBSTANTIAL KNOCKER ARM WITH DOMED AND INCISED BACKPLATE

LARGE ORIGINAL OLD BOLT AND HAND CUT SQUARE NUT (NEEDS LOOSENING) EXEMPLIFY ANTIQUE AUTHENTICITY

THE SIZE, WEIGHT, METICULOUS DETAIL, HARDWARE, AND PATINA ATTEST TO QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP AND AGE

...AND SETS THIS APART FROM MORE RECENT VERSIONS OF THIS CLASSIC ANTIQUE DOORKNOCKER

NOTE THE UNUSUAL REEDED RONDEL HINGES...REPRODUCTION DOORKNOCKER HINGES ARE FLAT AND UNDECORATED

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. 8.00INCHES TALL (SEE PHOTO)

ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 120 (+ OR -) 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 STORYTO TELL...

AND OH, WHAT STORIESTHIS DOORKNOCKERCOULD SPEAK

...OF THE MANY FRIENDS ANDCALLERS WHO CAME TO VISIT\"...Cosmo Culpepper

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