ANTIQUE
VICTORIAN ~ GEORGIAN
FLUTED
URN
TORCHIERE
with
SHEEP HEAD
DOORKNOCKER
~ ESTIMATED CIRCA 1880 - 1905 ~
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CLASSIC ARCHITECTURAL BRONZE OR BRASS URN TORCHIERE DOORKNOCKER REMINISCENT OF A BYGONE ERA
EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE VICTORIAN TASTE
...AND SURE TO BE THE FOCAL POINT ON A DOOR OF DISTINCTION
RESCUED FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A GRAND OLD VICTORIAN ERA HOME IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
THAT WAS (UNFORTUNATELY) TORN DOWN IN THE 1960's
DETAILED CASTING OF A COSMOPOLITAN FLUTED URN TORCHIERE WITH FANCIFUL UPPER FINIAL
A CENTRAL MEDALLION WITH BEADED BORDER FLANKED BY FLORAL ORNAMENTATION
HEAVY SOLID 'DRAPED' KNOCKER ARM WITH SHEEP HEAD STRIKEPLATE REPRESENTING PEACE AND TRANQUILITY
AMAZINGLY, STILL PRESENT ARE THE ORIGINAL BOLTS WITH ACORN NUTS, AND WASHERS
NOTE THE SUBSTANTIAL PIVOT ROD ON REVERSE SIDE ATTESTING TO AGE AND QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP
...AND SETS THIS APART FROM SKIMPY MODERN REPRODUCTIONS OF THIS CLASSIC ANTIQUE DOORKNOCKER
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. 6 1/4" INCHES TALL x 4 1/4 INCHES WIDE
ESTIMATED AT OVER 100 + YEARS OLD
...AND SHOWS HONEST AGE-RELATED WEAR AND USAGE
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