(a) Door knocker, iron, two-piece; in form of two birds (ravens) with heads twisted toward center, holding berry (the proximal end of spike on which knocker pivots); copper birds’ eyes; extended length 23.7 cm x width 15 cm; (b) escutcheon plate, round, with tray-like rim and base; incised and embossed openwork floral design riveted to base; diameter 14.7 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)