Superb Quality Antique c1880’ William Tonks & Son’s Solid Brass Door Knocker with Strike Plate
$400.11
Superb Quality Antique c1880’ William Tonks & Son’s Solid Brass Door Knocker with Strike Plate
Measures approx 17cm in length and screws are approx 4.5cm apart
William Tonks and Sons was a prominent Birmingham-based brass foundry company, established around 1789 by William Tonks, renowned for producing a wide range of architectural hardware, art metalware, campaign furniture fittings, and ecclesiastical metalwork, often marked with a stylized "sun" design; the company gained recognition for their quality at various exhibitions including the Great Exhibition of 1851, eventually merging with Newman Brothers to become Newman Tonks and later part of the Ingersoll-Rand group
In good condition
Will be sent via 24hr postal service.
Door knockers have a bit of a dark past, with the earliest thought to originate from Ancient Greece where slaves were chained to a heavy ring attached to the door in order to welcome any guests. In the event the slave had fallen asleep, the guest would tap the knocker to raise the attention of the home owner. The Romans continued with the use of the knocker and it spread across the empire, and so the heavy knocker remained as a means for visitors to announce their presence until around the 15th century.
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