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A door knocker is an item of door furniture that allows people outside a house or other dwelling or building to alert those inside to their presence. A door knocker has a part fixed to the door, and a part (usually metal) which is attached to the door by a hinge, and may be lifted and used to strike a plate fitted to the door, or the door itself, making a noise.
A rare bronze door knocker designed by American furniture designer and sculptor Paul Evans, sold for a whopping $20,160 at New Jersey’s Rago Auctions.
Door chain - A device to secure door opening; Door closer – Mechanical or electromagnetic device to close an open door (in the event of a fire) [3] Door opener - Automatic door opening device activated by motion sensors or pressure pads; Door damper – A hydraulic device employed to slow the door's closure; Door knocker
Nottingham Knockers are aggressive door-to-door salesmen that sell goods at inflated prices to vulnerable people. They are also believed to act as scouts for later burglaries. [1] They often claim to be ex-convicts on a rehabilitation scheme and show ID cards that purport to confirm this. [2]
Detail of the image below; click to enlarge further. Steel engraving is a technique for printing illustrations on paper using steel printing plates instead of copper, the harder metal allowing a much longer print run before the image quality deteriorates.
The Kumakatok ("door knockers") are a group of three robed figures believed by many in the Philippines to knock on doors in the middle of the night and bring bad omens.. They allegedly look like humans, but wear hoods that obscure their faces to some ex