Brass Door Knocker Information

at the door’s center, in the form of door knockers. Brass door knockers have been a tradition since home builders first began moving beyond cast iron. Today, you can find an entertaining assortment of brass door knocker options – from the traditional lion’s head or “doctor’s door knocker” to any number of topical and whimsical artistic castings.

Brass also lends itself well to working in concert with other metals in a decorative casting. Brass can be combined with bronze or nickel silver to create a two-tone casting that is given added dimension and beauty by the combination of colors. Brass door knockers also seem to have the appropriate heft, seemingly neither too heavy nor too light for their appointed task.

• One of the brass door knockers available today is a casting of a pineapple. The pineapple has a honeycomb pattern to its body that has a darkened or burnished tone; at its base are polished pointed leaves wrapping upward.

• There is a beautiful brass saguaro cactus door knocker available, detailed with tiny knobs representing the plant’s sharp spikes. Behind the cactus, its two arms reaching skyward, is a round, smooth and polished moon.

• Another finely detailed brass door knocker is the oyster shell, with its rippled surface and uneven ridging along its edge. The variations in level of polish make this piece seem multicolored.

• The dedicated Westerner can have a horseshoe for a brass door knocker, a channel running around its circumference and two nail holes at the ends.

• Another shellfish represented in the collection is the scallop, in the form of a detailed shell with fine ridges extending from the top of the shell into its rounded central area.

• One of the simpler, yet more attractive options is the polished brass acorn, with a smooth, shiny tapering base and a darker top with a crosshatched pattern