A Large Georgian Style Verdigris Brass Lion’s Mask Door Knocker

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A Large Georgian Style Verdigris Brass Lion’s Mask Door KnockerOrigin: EnglishPeriod: 21stCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 2020Height: 14Width: 8Well cast in brass, this substantial and weighty door knocker very much in the high Georgian style provides a wonderful greeting to visitors, with a heavy and satisfying knock and is wonderfully tactile, having a large lions mask to a wreathed border and striking plate, the whole of large proportions. Now with a well worn lustre, it remains in perfect order. There are three

and the designs were many times patented

This is a nicely aged semi old runner in a sought after size

Origin: Bristol

She is displaying a good patination to the surface

there have been no alterations or replacements in the last century

and scratches

The entire order of black corals (Antipatharia) has been listed under Appendix II of CITES since 1981 and may require re-export permits

historically

Of a wonderfully imposing size

Width: 46”

based on the 1967 movie

The swirling ochre and deep inky black background sees the illuminated child’s face emerge as though in a darkened room