A Large Georgian Style Verdigris Brass Lion’s Mask Door Knocker sub-Curios green and ivory published by

green and ivory published by Henry Leonard Meyer in "Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and Their Eggs" in 1842-50 and Rev

showing the original black paint

Karl Blossfeldt believed that "the plant must be valued as a totally artistic and architectural structure

This would have been part of a larger composition

A Large Georgian Style Verdigris Brass Lion’s Mask Door Knocker sub-Curios green and ivory published byOrigin: EnglishPeriod: 21stCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 2020Height: 14Width: 8Well cast in brass, this substantial and weighty door knocker very much in the high Georgian style provides a wonderful greeting to visitors, with a heavy and satisfying knock and is wonderfully tactile, having a large lions mask to a wreathed border and striking plate, the whole of large proportions. Now with a well worn lustre, it remains in perfect order. There are three