(a) Door knocker, iron, two-piece, oval opening with elaborate scrolls (4) at perimeter; pivoting on spike with scroll in full relief at top of proximal end; extended length ca. 16 cm x width (oval) 8.5 cm; (b) escutcheon plate for above, iron, square; embossed and incised leaves pointing towards corners; width 5.2 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Verbatim coll. place:
Nuremberg; Germany
Culture or time period:
Bavarian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Door knockers
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)