{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O167880"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O167880/"}},"images":null,"see_also":null},"record":{"systemNumber":"O167880","accessionNumber":"555-1877","objectType":"Knocker","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"This is a bronze door knocker made in 16th century Italy. This knocker is in the form of a triton, a nereid, and two sea dragons, intertwined, and combined with a satyr mask and a terminal figure.","physicalDescription":"Bronze door knocker, a triton, a nereid, and two sea dragons, intertwined, and combined with a satyr mask and a terminal figure.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"bronze","id":"AAT10957"}],"techniques":[{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Bronze","categories":[{"text":"Bronze","id":"THES49033"},{"text":"Architectural fittings","id":"THES48994"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES396209"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"M/W Knocker","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Italy","id":"x28927"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"16th century","earliest":"1500-01-01","latest":"1600-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"31.75","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"25.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought from the Shandon Collection in 1877.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Door knocker, bronze, a triton and dragons intertwined, Italian, 16th century","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<font -u>List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1877, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition.</font> London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., p. 48"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Penny, Nicholas. <font -u>Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean\r\nMuseum: 1540 to the Present day.</font> vol. I Italian. Oxford, 1992, p. 245"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Triton","id":"N149"},{"text":"nereid","id":"N1765"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"sea horse","id":"x35269"},{"text":"satyrs","id":"x35233"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["555-1877"],"accessionNumberNum":"555","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1877,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-13","recordCreationDate":"2008-09-26","availableToBook":true}}