Strangely, there are people who don't know what to do when they climb the stair up to our door. They stand there confused, scratching their heads, looking for the doorbell button. Sometimes they end up knocking with their fists. Isn't that odd? Maybe they think the knocker is just for show, maybe they're afraid it will make too much noise, or maybe they're so "modern" they don't know what it's for in the first place. Who knows... Either way, the knock is a dead give away of people I don't know, usually they're salesmen, and in that case I like to pretend I didn't hear them. Handy isn't it ;)
/MrsHjort
Lovely off-centre composition and I like how the shiny metal has come out. Those old door knockers are very cool!
ReplyDeleteThey are confused because the lion head is missing. ;)
ReplyDeleteYou made me curious as why it looks so worn?
ReplyDeleteHaha! Indeed. Though our house was built back in 1935, so it's not that much of a head-scratcher :)
DeleteWhen I was a kid, not only did we have the knocker, but directly above it was a tiny peep hole, so you could see who that stranger was, standing upon the door step.
ReplyDeleteWe used to have a peephole, when we lived at the flat. Nowadays, we just look out the windows instead, and try not to be seen if there's a salesman outside haha
DeleteVery nostalgic subject, it fits the black panneled door well. The shadow adds a good sense of depth.
ReplyDeleteSo salesmen still come door to door where your live. Here they are mostly call center workers.
The doorknocker reminds me of a trip to Malta, a zillion different styled doorkockers.
Door salesmen not that common over here either, but they do come from time to time. The call-centers are the reason we no longer have a home telephone, and I've installed a call-blocker app in my smartphone. It's very handy :)
DeleteNice. We've just moved and don't have a doorbell. Now I'm thinking of getting a knocker instead thanks to this story.
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DeleteHa! I also have a door knocker but people always knock on the door itself. I think I do that at other people's houses too, come to think of it. ha! Cool knocker though!
ReplyDeleteVery nice knocker, it looks grand against the black panelling.
ReplyDeleteWe had a lovely antique fox head knocker which disappeared when we had painters in, we are still sad about it as it had been in my husband's family for years.
I'm so sorry to hear that! Hopefully, it's only lost somewhere and turn up when you least expect it.
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