Bronze door knocker

Medieval

Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery

1275 - 1325

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.

• Medium: bronze
• Art Fund Grant: £2000 ( Total: £5,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1971
• Vendor: Vicar & wardens of St Nicholas

Provenance

Removed from south door of St Nicholas Church, Gloucester.

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