(a) Door knocker, iron, round, with ornate scroll work on perimeter; pivoting on ornate eye bolt with spike on distal end; extended length 10.8 cm x width (handle) 7 cm; (b) Escutcheon plate, rectangular, iron, with ornate floral open work design and point on top end; keyhole opening with movable cover riveted to plate; length 17.6 cm x width 5.1 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)