Cast iron door knocker in the spirit of...
Cast iron door knocker in the spirit of 16th century Italian workmanship.
It shows two naked loves supporting an important crowned shield. They are seated on two moving, leafy brackets that enclose a grotesque mask topped with a crest.
Cast iron.
Industrial model from the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century.
Width: 23 cm - Height: 29 cm
References:
Bulletin de la société de l'Histoire de Paris 118th year 1991. Edition 1994, page 230, and fig. 3, page 259. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Cast iron door knocker in the spirit of 16th century Italian workmanship.
It shows two naked loves supporting an important crowned shield. They are seated on two moving, leafy brackets that enclose a grotesque mask topped with a crest.
Cast iron.
Industrial model from the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th century.
Width: 23 cm - Height: 29 cm
References:
Bulletin de la société de l'Histoire de Paris 118th year 1991. Edition 1994, page 230, and fig. 3, page 259. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Time, Location
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