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Knocker Collection

Background imageKnocker Collection: Scrooge Sees Marley Face

Scrooge Sees Marley Face
Scrooge is startled to see Marleys face on his door, instead of the knocker

Background imageKnocker Collection: Fabulous Arab Doorway - Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia

Fabulous Arab Doorway - Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
An absolutely fabulous Arab Doorway in the port town of Sidi Bou Said Tunisia, with a pair of knockers for the main decorated wooden doors (for ease of knocking when on a camel or on horseback)

Background imageKnocker Collection: Yeoman Warder of the Tower

Yeoman Warder of the Tower
A Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London

Background imageKnocker Collection: A knocker up, Victorian period

A knocker up, Victorian period

Background imageKnocker Collection: WW2 - Knocker Gregory

WW2 - Knocker Gregory
A WW2 children's story book illustration which portrays a large military man grabbing the hand of a servicewoman, Mr. Penny looks on. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageKnocker Collection: Book cover, Deep Diving and Submarine Operations

Book cover, Deep Diving and Submarine Operations, one of two books, Sir Robert Davis inscribed inside, former property of C Kaile and Knocker White

Background imageKnocker Collection: Lancashire Cotton town Knocker Up

Lancashire Cotton town Knocker Up
A humourous postcard from the Lancashire Cotton Towns where knockers up were employed to waken mill workers. Notice the reference to being on strike and the caption written in Lancashire dialect Date

Background imageKnocker Collection: Sanctuary knocker, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon

Sanctuary knocker, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon by W.W. Quatremain

Background imageKnocker Collection: The Two at Pervyse with Shot the dog memorial, Ypres

The Two at Pervyse with Shot the dog memorial, Ypres
This memorial is in the garden of the Ariane Hotel in Ypres. The Two is the title given to two extrordinary British laidies, Elsie Knocker and Mairie Chisholm

Background imageKnocker Collection: Ornate Door Knocker, Florence, Italy

Ornate Door Knocker, Florence, Italy

Background imageKnocker Collection: Brass postal, door handles and letter plates

Brass postal, door handles and letter plates
William N. Froy and Sons, brass door knockers and letterboxes. Date: late 19th century

Background imageKnocker Collection: Putting on Shoes 1903

Putting on Shoes 1903
A young lady sits down to put on her her black Louis heel shoes. Date: 1903

Background imageKnocker Collection: Tunis - Tunisia, water carrier knocking on ornate door

Tunis - Tunisia, water carrier knocking on ornate door. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageKnocker Collection: Old Bill and Co. October 1940

Old Bill and Co. October 1940
" I ll let yet get away with it this time, but remember! I got a front door, h and a knocker!" Bruce Bairnsfather jokes that the damage inflicted on homes by German air raids has made it

Background imageKnocker Collection: Mairi Chisholm and Elsie Knocker - Madonnas of Pervyse

Mairi Chisholm and Elsie Knocker - Madonnas of Pervyse
Mairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm of Chisholm, better known as Mairi Chisholm (1895-1981), Scottish nurse and ambulance driver during World War I, pictured right with, on the left

Background imageKnocker Collection: Durham Cathedral - The Sanctuary Knocker

Durham Cathedral - The Sanctuary Knocker Date: circa 1910s

Background imageKnocker Collection: 48, Doughty Street

48, Doughty Street
No. 48, Doughty Street, Holborn, London, the residence of Charles Dickens from 1837 until 1839. Date: 19th century

Background imageKnocker Collection: Occupations 1882 - Post Boy

Occupations 1882 - Post Boy knocking on a door. 1882

Background imageKnocker Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a house

Christmas card in the shape of a house, with a postman making a delivery. circa 1890s

Background imageKnocker Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a large front door

Christmas card in the shape of a large front door, with a girl and boy waiting to be let in. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageKnocker Collection: English Cathedrals - Knocker, Durham Cathedral

English Cathedrals - Knocker, Durham Cathedral - Fabulous Monster door Knocker. Part of Box 144 Boswell Collection - English Cathedrals

Background imageKnocker Collection: France. Paris. Notre Dame. Door knocker. Detail

France. Paris. Notre Dame. Door knocker. Detail

Background imageKnocker Collection: Stripey Sleeves 1899

Stripey Sleeves 1899
Wrap-over bodice, deep scallop shaped collar, horizontal striped sleeves & bunches of grapes embroidered on the bodice. Hair is dressed in the fashionable door knocker style Date: 1899

Background imageKnocker Collection: Arlette Dorg貥

Arlette Dorg貥; (1880 - 1965), French actress, wearing a door-knocker hairstyle. Date: 1904

Background imageKnocker Collection: Berthe Vincourt wearing a beautiful dress 1904

Berthe Vincourt wearing a beautiful dress 1904
Pretty parisian Berthe Vincourt (maybe an actress), wearing a S-bend dress with a thin V - shaped waist, lace sleeves and her hair is in the door-knocker style. Date: 1904

Background imageKnocker Collection: Christmas and New Year card (front cover)

Christmas and New Year card (front cover) -- Private Enquiry Office, Stage Door. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Background imageKnocker Collection: Miss Mairi Chisholm and Captain W. T. Hall

Miss Mairi Chisholm and Captain W. T. Hall
Mairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm of Chisholm, better known as Mairi Chisholm (1895-1981), Scottish nurse and ambulance driver during World War I

Background imageKnocker Collection: Mairi Chisholm reading in the cellar at Pervyse

Mairi Chisholm reading in the cellar at Pervyse
Mairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm of Chisholm, better known as Mairi Chisholm (1895-1981), Scottish nurse and ambulance driver during World War I pictured in silhouette, taking a rare

Background imageKnocker Collection: Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm, WW1 nurses

Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm, WW1 nurses
Mairi Lambert Gooden-Chisholm or Chisholm, better known as Mairi Chisholm (1895-1981), Scottish nurse and ambulance driver during World War I, pictured right with, on the left

Background imageKnocker Collection: Digging for gold in British Guiana (now Guyana)

Digging for gold in British Guiana (now Guyana). Placer washing as carried out by the tributor or Port Knocker. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageKnocker Collection: Judar and His Brother

Judar and His Brother. From Playhour (1957)

Background imageKnocker Collection: Lambeth Doorknocker

Lambeth Doorknocker
The ancient ring door-knocker at Lambeth Palace, London. Date: 1950s

Background imageKnocker Collection: Dr Johnsons Doorknocker

Dr Johnsons Doorknocker
This fine door-knocker, in the form of a hand holding a circle of laurel leaves, with a lion motif, is on Dr Samuel Johnsons house at Gough Square, London. Date: 18th century

Background imageKnocker Collection: Lincolns Inn Doorknocker

Lincolns Inn Doorknocker
A doorknocker on the gateway to Lincolns Inn, London. Date: 1950s

Background imageKnocker Collection: Dickens Doorknocker

Dickens Doorknocker
The fine door-knocker of No. 48, Doughty Street, Holborn London, the residence of Charles Dickens from 1837 until 1839. Date: 19th century

Background imageKnocker Collection: Lion Doorknocker

Lion Doorknocker
LINCOLNs INN gateway was built in 1518 and bears the arms of Sir Thomas Lovell. The INN itself dates from the early 1300s : One of the lion doorknockers. Date: 1930s

Background imageKnocker Collection: Famous Door Knocker

Famous Door Knocker
The door knocker of Gainsborough House, Sudbury, Suffolk, England, where the famous English painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788) was born. Date: 18th century

Background imageKnocker Collection: Medieval wall-ring with devils head - Italy

Medieval wall-ring with devils head - Italy
Italy, Tuscany, Province of Siena, Pienza: Medieval wall-ring with devils head Date: 2010

Background imageKnocker Collection: Mother & Baby / Costume

Mother & Baby / Costume
LONG CLOTHES - CHRISTENING ROBE: with narrow tucks at the hem. Woman: bodice with tight long sleeves & epaulettes, a high neck & the front ornamented with pin tucks

Background imageKnocker Collection: Girl in Chemise Cooks

Girl in Chemise Cooks
A young woman in a chemise with threaded ribbon detail, a flat pair of mules & with a door-knocker top knot hairstyle, stirs a saucepan. Her cat sits by his food

Background imageKnocker Collection: Combined Knocker / Bell

Combined Knocker / Bell
Waudes patented Knocker Bell, where one movement of the hand gives the two distinct sounds! Advertisement from a late 19th century trade catalogue

Background imageKnocker Collection: Door Knocker Joke

Door Knocker Joke
Two small boys amuse themselves by knocking at a front door then running away - but this householder intends to rap the rappers


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