Bronze door knocker
Artist: Medieval
Location: Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 1275 - 1325
Materials: bronze
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,000 (Total: £5,000)
Vendor: Vicar & wardens of St Nicholas
Review number: 2428 (1971)
Provenance:
Removed from south door of St Nicholas Church, Gloucester.
Description:
The escutcheon shows in high relief a grotesque subject composed of two heads; one has the face of a man with protruding tongue and the other of a demon with human features, wings and forelegs with sharp claws. Naturalistic foliage above and below.
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