10.5\" in. ANTIQUE c.1897 VICTORIAN NEW ORLEANS ART NOUVEAU BAROQUE DOORKNOCKER For Sale

LARGE

AND

SPECTACULAR

ANTIQUE

NEWORLEANS

ARTNOUVEAU

DOORKNOCKER

~ EST. CIRCA 1885 - 1915 ~

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ANTIQUE BRONZE or BRASS CLASSIC ART NOUVEAU - BAROQUE DOORKNOCKER

...EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE VICTORIAN TASTE

RESCUED FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A GRAND OLD HOME IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

...THAT WAS (UNFORTUNATELY) TORN DOWN IN THE 1950\'s

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 FLUTED AND REEDED TORCHIERE TOPPED BY A BAROQUE FINIAL

SCROLLING, FLOURISHES, ACANTHUS LEAVES, AND FLORETS THROUGHOUT

WITH OVAL CENTER MEDALLIONFRAMED BY LOTUS PETALS WITHIN A \'BEADED\' BORDER

HEAVY STYLIZED DRAPED SWAG KNOCKER ARM TERMINATING IN A LARGE BUDDING ROSE FINGER GRIP

CLASSICALLY ELABORATE...SO SPECTACULAR...A VERY RARE FIND

ORIGINAL LARGE OLD BOLTS AND NUTS STILL PRESENT AND INCLUDED

NOTE SUBSTANTIAL PIVOT ROD ON REVERSE SIDE ATTESTING TO AGE AND QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP

...AND SETS THIS APART FROM SKIMPY MODERN REPRODUCTION DOORKNOCKERS

A WARM MELLOWED PATINA FRONT AND REVERSE SIDE THAT ONLY COMES WITH TRUE AGE AND USE

...AND A KNOCK LOUD ENOUGH TO AWAKEN THE SPIRITS OF AGES PAST

MEASURES APPROX.

101/2INCHES TALL X 51/2 INCHES 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 STORYTO TELL...

AND OH, WHAT STORIESTHIS DOORKNOCKERCOULD SPEAK

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

• I SELL AND SHIP TO CONTINENTAL USA ONLY...SORRY, NO INTERNATIONAL SALES OR SHIPPING
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