8.5" ANTIQUE 1884 VICTORIAN KENRICK & SONS #428 POSEIDON SEA SERPENT DOORKNOCKER

Description: LARGERAREANDSPECTACULAR ANTIQUEFACE of POSEIDON&SEA SERPENTDOORKNOCKER ~ DATED CIRCA 1884 ~ ********* ANTIQUE CAST BRASS OR BRONZE DOORKNOCKER EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE VICTORIAN TASTERESCUED 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 ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING IN A NAUTICAL VICTORIAN DESIGN WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HIGH STYLE CLASSIC VISAGE OF POSEIDON, GOD OF THE SEA SPORTING A SEASHELL HEADDRESSOPULENT TWISTS, SCROLLS, FLOURISHES, & OCEANIC ORNAMENTATION THROUGHOUT WEIGHTY INCISED AND ELONGATED ACANTHUS LEAF KNOCKER ARM TERMINATING IN A SEA SERPENT HANDGRIPINCLUDED IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE ORIGINAL OLD BOLT AND SQUARE 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 A. KENRICK & SONS MARKED ON REVERSE SIDEEXCEPTIONAL DETAIL AND QUALITY COMMENURATE WITH MUCH OF KENRICK'S FINEST WORKTHOUGH MOST OF THEIR WORK APPEARS TO BE IN CAST IRON,...THIS BRASS OR BRONZE VERSION IS PARTICULARLY UNUSUAL AND A RARE EXAMPLEMY RESEARCH INDICATES THE BRITISH DESIGN REGISTRATION NUMBER ON REVERSE SIDE...DATES THIS DOORKNOCKER TO 1884 ...SEE CHART IN PHOTO #14PER THE CHART, Rd 15020 APPEARS TO DATE THIS ARCHITECTURAL TREASURE TO 1884 IMPRESSIVE SIZE MEASURES APPROX. 8.1/2" INCHES TALL x 2.1/2" INCHES WIDE ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 140 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 I SELL AND SHIP TO CONTINENTAL USA ONLY...SORRY, NO INTERNATIONAL SALES OR SHIPPINGUSPS PRIORITY MAIL WITH TRACKING NUMBER, INSURANCE, AND POSSIBLY SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IN SECURE PADDED SHIPPING CARTON SHIPPING 1-3 DAYS OF PAYMENT CONFIRMATION EXCLUDING SUNDAY AND HOLIDAYSPLEASE PAY WITHIN 3 DAYS OF SALE...THANK YOU!

Price: 449 USD

Location: Windermere, Florida

End Time: 2024-12-08T19:20:29.000Z

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