ANTIQUE
CLASSIC
7 1/2" x 4 1/4"
OVOID
URN
TORCHIERE
DOORKNOCKER
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SOPHISTICATED ANTIQUE URN TORCHIERE
BRONZE or BRASS DOORKNOCKER
EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE VICTORIAN - EDWARDIAN TASTE
~ ESTIMATED CIRCA 1900 - 1920 ~
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 CLASSIC OVOID URN TORCHIERE WITH UPPER AND LOWER BULBOUS FINIALS
HEAVY STYLIZED KNOCKER ARM WITH LARGE OVAL FINGER GRIP
NOTE THE SUBSTANTIAL PIVOT ROD ON REVERSE SIDE ATTESTING TO AGE AND QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP
...AND SETS THIS APART FROM SKIMPY MODERN REPRODUCTION DOORKNOCKERS
AMAZINGLY, STILL PRESENT IS THE OLD ORIGINAL BOLT, WASHER, AND NUT
"CENTERING SPIKE" FOR ADDED STABILITY
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. 7 1/2 INCHES TALL X 4 1/4 INCHES WIDE
...AND WEIGHING IN AT A HEFTY ONE AND ONE-QUARTER POUNDS
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
THIS DOORKNOCKER WAS RESCUED FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF AN OLD HOME IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
THAT WAS (UNFORTUNATELY) TORN DOWN IN THE 1960's
"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