(a) Door knocker, iron, round; framed by ornate straight and curved reinforcing piece giving square effect; female face at bottom; pivoting on threaded bolt, ending in bearded male face with conical hat; extended length 16 cm x width (handle) 10 cm; (b) escutcheon plate; plate funtionally and stylistically mismatched with knocker; both probably from late 15th to early 16th century; triangular, with incised male face at top and 2 male faces near bottom; keyhole; length 21.3 cm x width (base) 13.4 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) and S1968-1969 #20: University of California, Berkeley (September 10, 1968–November 15, 1968)