ANTIQUE c. 1907 BOSTON VICTORIAN TORCHIERE ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE DOORKNOCKER

  
ESTIMATED CIRCA 1890 - 1915. LARGE ANTIQUE BRONZE OR BRASS TORCHIERE DOORKNOCKER.

EXQUISITELY DETAILED IN THE VICTORIAN EDWARDIAN TASTE. RESCUED FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF A STATELY OLD HOME IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. THAT WAS (UNFORTUNATELY) TORN DOWN IN THE 1960's. CLASSIC ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REMINISCENT OF A BYGONE ERA. AND SURE TO BE THE FOCAL POINT ON A DOOR OF DISTINCTION.

DETAILED CASTING OF A COSMOPOLITAN ELONGATED TORCHIERE WITH UPPER AND LOWER FINIALS. HEAVY SCALLOPED KNOCKER ARM WITH BALUSTER HINGE ENDS AND RAISED FINGER GRIP. NOTE SOLID PIVOT ROD ON REVERSE SIDE THAT ATTESTS TO AGE AND QUALITY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP. AND SETS THIS APART FROM SKIMPY MODERN REPRODUCTIONS OF THIS CLASSIC ANTIQUE DOORKNOCKER.

A WARM MELLOWED PATINA THAT ONLY COMES WITH TRUE AGE AND USE. AND A KNOCK LOUD ENOUGH TO AWAKEN THE SPIRITS OF AGES PAST. 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...

PLEASE PAY WITHIN 3 DAYS OF SALE..