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  • Object number
    92/57
  • Collection
    Rumble Collection
  • Description
    A door knocker in the form of a clenched fist holding a bar. Part of the Rumble Collection and acquired at Salisbury Farm Clevedon, Somerset.
    A heavy, wrought-iron door knocker in the form of a clenched fist holding a bar. From the bar hangs a horseshoe-shaped loop decorated with leaves and a lion's head. It is part of the Rumble Collection and was acquired by the donor at Salisbury Farm in Clevedon, Somerset.
  • Physical description
    1 door knocker: metal (heavy wrought iron); good condition but rusty
  • Archival history
    MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 25 October 2013 – The objects 92/2–92/68 are part of the Rumble Collection, and were donated to the Museum by Mr Rumble in July 1991. The objects were collected or purchased by Mr Rumble or his father, and most of them came from either Camberley, in Surrey, or Somerset, where Mr Rumble had previously lived. He kept his collection in the shed at the bottom of his garden in Woodley, Berkshire., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: JMB // Date: 13.9.92 // Description: Heavy wrought iron knocker in the form of a clenched fist holding a bar from which hangs a horseshoe shaped loop decorated with leaves and a lions head at the base which is the “knocker”. // Dimensions: Length: 18.0 cm Width: 18.0 cm // Associated information: Obtained by Mr Rumble from Salisbury Farm, Clevedon, Somerset. // References:’
  • Object name
    Door knocker
  • Material
    Metal, iron
  • Associated subject
    DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE : furnishing
  • External document
    • L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_15995.tif - High resolution image
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