At the front door to Frankenstein's castle:
DR. FREDERICK FRANKENSTEIN: What knockers!
INGA: Oh, thank you Doctor.
[Gene Wilder and Teri Garr in Young Frankenstein, 1974, by Mel Brooks]
OK......With the junior high humor out of the way... Not much needs to be said about the following photographs except aren't they lovely? A door knocker is like a little piece of jewelry for your front door! Talk about first impressions!
Paris, France
Photograph: fredpanassac/flickr
Forbidden City
Photograph: cmaccubbin/flickr
Leamington Spa
Photograph: speccy_beardy/flickr
U.S. Justice Department, Washington D.C.
Photograph: kimberlyfaye/flickr
Zanetti Jewellers
Photograph: antmoose/flickr
Weymouth, Dorset, England
Photograph: dans le grand bleu/flickr
Photograph: robpatrick/flickr
Montepreandone Old Door
Photograph: pizzodisevo/flickr
Hotel Horreo
Barcelona, Spain
Photograph: knockerw/apple/rubbertoez/flickr
Photograph: samhar khuzam/flickr
Bilbao, Spain
Photograph: cocoi/m/flickr
Photograph: Martha-Ann48/flickr
Photograph: kevin & kathy/flickr
A Masonic Temple
Photograph: andertho/flickr
Ma'loula, Syria
Photograph: JRodrigues/flickr