ANTIQUE c.1890 VICTORIAN ART NOUVEAU ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE DOORKNOCKER

Description: ANTIQUE6 1/2" x 4"VICTORIANART NOUVEAUOVAL with SCALLOPED SCROLL DETAILBRASS DOORKNOCKER ~ ESTIMATED CIRCA 1890 - 1910 ~ ************ CLASSIC BRASS DOORKNOCKER EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE ART NOUVEAU TASTERESCUED FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A VICTORIAN 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 VERY UNUSUAL AND LARGE VERTICAL OVAL MEDALLION ...WITH NOUVEAU SCROLLED HINGE AND FINGER GRIP FORMING A WEIGHTY KNOCKER ARM SUBSTANTIAL SIZE, HEFT, AND SMOOTH CASTING ATTEST TO AGE AND QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP ...AND SETS THIS APART FROM SKIMPY MODERN REPRODUCTIONS 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 1/2" INCHES TALL BY 4.00" WIDE ESTIMATED AT OVER 100 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: 169 USD

Location: Windermere, Florida

End Time: 2025-01-18T16:00:01.000Z

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