RARE
LARGE
ANTIQUE
SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL
ARCHITECTURAL
DOORKNOCKER
~ ESTIMATED CIRCA 1880's - 1910's ~
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EXQUISITE HAND WROUGHT ANTIQUE IRON DOORKNOCKER
IN THE
~ SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL ~
~ GYPSY ~ RUSTIC ~ BOHEMIAN ~
TASTE
TIMELESS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REMINISCENT OF A BYGONE ERA
...AND SURE TO BE THE FOCAL POINT ON A DOOR OF DISTINCTION
APPEARS TO BE CRAFTED BY HAND...POSSIBLY A ONE-OF-A-KIND PIECE
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RESCUED FROM THE WEATHERED FRONT DOOR OF AN OLD SPANISH HACIENDA IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
...THAT WAS (UNFORTUNATELY) TORN DOWN IN THE 1950's
SOLID...SIGNIFICANT...SUBSTANTIAL WROUGHT IRON
ELABORATE SCROLLED BACKPLATE WHICH SUSPENDS AN ENGRAVED DIAMOND SHAPEDKNOCKER ARM
...EMBELLISHED WITH INCISED FLOWER PETALS
...AND TERMINATING IN A FANCIFUL PYRAMID-SHAPED HANDGRIP
A WARM MELLOWED PATINA THAT ONLY COMES WITH TRUE AGE AND USE
...AND A KNOCK LOUD ENOUGH TO AWAKEN THE SPIRITS OF AGES PAST
REMEMBER THIS IS NOT NEW...IT IS 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
MEASURES APPROXIMATELY...
11 1/2" TALL X 6.00" WIDE
"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