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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Knocker, accession number 7-651, described as (a) Door knocker, iron, two-piece; oval opening with 4 fish like figures with projecting curled tails, giving rectangular appearance; pivoting on spike with slot at distal end; extended length 24.5 cm x width (oval) 14.9 cm; (b) escutcheon plate, diamond shaped, with pointed corners; incised openwork floral and scroll design; length 21.5 cm x width 18.7 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Knocker, accession number 7-454, described as (a) door knocker; hollow; iron with perforated design; top pivoting on cotter pin-type spike; extended length 15.5 cm x width (handle) 10.6 cm; (b) Escutcheon plate for above, iron; square, quadrifoliate, heart-shaped, undecorated; 8.5 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Knocker, accession number 7-448, described as (a) Door knocker, hollow, iron; perforations and scroll like design at bottom; box-like perforated housing for cotter-type spike (b) escutcheon plate for above, iron, square; embossed and openwork lattice and floral design
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Knocker, accession number 7-445, described as (a) Door knocker, iron; heart shaped knocker with openwork design, pivoting on spike with machined base (b) escutcheon plate for above, iron, round, with open work design; perimeter design repeats heart motif
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Knocker, accession number 7-446, described as (a) Door knocker, iron; oval opening; openwork scrolls (one broken off) extending from bottom; serpent head and body at bottom; pivoting on cotter pin type spike (b) escutcheon plate, iron; square, with openwork embossed and incised tree branch design; three corners broken off
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Knocker, accession number 7-736, described as (a) Cabinet pull, iron, open ended oval shaped, with cotter pins (2) attached for affixing to cabinet; length 9.7 cm x width 5.5 cm; (b&c) escutcheon plate, with embossed and incised quadrifoliate design, four-pointed; diameter (point to point) 4.8 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Knocker, accession number 7-590, described as (a) Door knocker, iron, two-piece; oval opening with incised ornate design on perimeter; pivoting on spike with dentate edge on proximal end; extended length ca. 12 cm x width (knocker) 6.5 cm; (b) escutcheon plate for above, iron; incised and embossed openwork four-leaf design arranged in cross; diameter 7.7 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Knocker, accession number 7-646, described as (a) Door knocker, iron, oval, two-piece; oval opening with mustached human face at bottom and four stylized fish projecting from perimeter at “corners”, pivoting on spike; extended length 23 cm x width (oval) 13.4 cm; (b) escutcheon plate, iron, roughly diamond-shaped with pointed ends; incised and embossed openwork scroll and floral; length 17 cm x width 10 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Knocker, accession number 7-587, described as (a) Door knocker, iron, heart-shaped with incised radiating lines at bottom, pivoting on spike with hole at end; extended length 12.6 cm x width (handle) 7.7 cm; (b) escutcheon plate for above, iron, round, with four comma-like perforations; diameter 7.3 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Knocker, accession number 7-586, described as (a) Door knocker, iron; in form of ring, bisected by two arcs; rosette-like striker knob at bottom; pivoting on machined spike; length (overall) 13.3 cm x diameter (ring) 7.1 cm; (b) escutcheon plate, iron, dome-shaped, undecorated; diameter 3.2 cm

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