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🔸The Art Of Door Knockers 🔸

These architectural gems originate from ancient Greece and Rome, and have a surprisingly rich history. In medieval Europe, sanctuary knockers on cathedral doors carried life-or-death significance: touching one granted 37 days of legal protection from arrest.

By the Georgian era, knockers had become status symbols. The doctor’s knocker helped people identify a physician’s house at any hour.

Styles shifted with the times: Renaissance knockers drew on classical mythology, Victorian ones embraced elaborate floral and romantic motifs, and the Georgian brass lion head became an enduring symbol of strength and protection.
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