The last post was on doors, this one is on knobs to open these doors. You would not believe the diversity of door knobs there are in Florence. We walked for 2 hours one morning, and in these two hours I took pictures of 120 different styles of door knobs/handles including this majestic lion.
I have tried to group them by theme. Here are a few more lions.
The simple ring is perhaps the most popular design.
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| Two vaguely Art Deco ones |
Just a few of the numerous handles.
There are knobs proper
Then, there are all the "others":
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| Horses |
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| Ancient Egyptian |
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| The Lady and the Dragon? |
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| The wooden putti |
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| Bronze heads |
I took these two days ago and had to stop myself from taking anymore pictures of door knobs as I could not help noticing new styles I had not included.
Then, there are all the "others":
These are awesome! I like how unique they are. :)
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