8\" ANTIQUE 1882 VICTORIAN A. KENRICK & SONS No. 421 SCROLLED DOORKNOCKER For Sale

LARGE

RARE

AND

SPECTACULAR

8\" x 3\"

ANTIQUE

VICTORIANSCROLL

DOORKNOCKER

~DATED CIRCA 1882~

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ANTIQUE CAST IRON DOORKNOCKER EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE VICTORIAN TASTE

RESCUED 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

CLASSIC ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING IN AN EASTLAKE VICTORIAN DESIGN WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HIGH STYLE

MARKED ON REVERSE A. KENRICK & SONS No.421

OPULENT TWISTS, CUT-OUTS, LEAF AND FLORAL ORNAMENTATION THROUGHOUT

WEIGHTY INCISED AND ELONGATED KNOCKER ARM WITH SCROLLED BALUSTER HANDGRIP

...AND APPEAR TO BE THE ORIGINAL OLD CARRIAGE BOLTS AND NUTS

MAY BE THE ORIGINAL BLACK PAINT, DISPLAYING AGE WEAR

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

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

**PER MY RESEARCH, THE BRITISH \'KITE\' OR \'DIAMOND\' SHAPE DESIGN REGISTRATION MARK ON REVERSE SIDE

...DATES THIS DOORKNOCKER TO BETWEEN 1842-1883 ...SEE CHARTS IN PHOTO #12

AFTER 1883 THE KITE SHAPE MARK WAS NO LONGER USED, SO I WOULD ESTIMATE THIS TO AT LEAST THAT OLD

IF YOU LOOK AT CHART B, THIS DOORKNOCKER APPEARS TO HAVE A YEAR CODE L

...WHICH WOULD DATE THIS ARCHITECTURAL SURVIVOR TO 1882

IMPRESSIVE SIZE MEASURES APPROX. 8.00\"INCHES TALL x 3.00\" INCHES WIDE

ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 144YEARS 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
• USPS PRIORITY MAIL WITH TRACKING NUMBER, INSURANCE, AND POSSIBLY SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IN SECURE PADDED SHIPPING CARTON
  
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• PLEASE PAY WITHIN 3 DAYS OF SALE...THANK YOU!