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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1908 



Bolt and handle 



An ornamental form 



Thumb-latch knocker 



Georgian vases and urns, eagles in all possible and impossi- 

 ble positions, heads of Medusa, Ariadne, and other mytho- 

 logical ladies, and Italian Renaissance ornaments, such as 

 nymphs, mermaids, tritons, and dolphins, with ribbons, 

 garlands and streamers. 



The head of Daphne, with its laurel leaves, combines 

 doorplate with knocker, as well as knocker with door han- 



dle. To this same first group of door-ring knockers belong 

 the dog's head, which is an old and favorite device of the 

 smith, the tiger's head, and the lion's head. 



The lion's head has been more popular in England than 

 in our own country. There was a time, during the Revolu- 

 tion and for fifty years after, when that object was not 

 venerated, but was superseded by eagles, which are frequent. 



A sturdy form 



Convenient and expressive 



A familiar type 



