Two pendulum knockers. One chiselled with a dragon,... Lot 21

Two pendulum knockers. One chiselled with a dragon, in the shape of a hammer with a flat, diamond-shaped, heavy metal handle, on which rests a long dragon chiselled with its mouth open, its wings folded along its ovoid body, its thin tail with several windings. The piece is summoned horizontally by a cylindrical axis, which lacks the two fixing rings that held it in place. Wrought and chiselled iron. Undoubtedly French work from the 15th or early 16th century. Height: 21 cm The second zoomorphic, extremely stylized, has a strong flat stem, one end of which, swollen into a truncated cylinder, is chiselled with concentric rings on the sides and a face roughly treated from the front. At the other end rises an S-shaped tail ending in a small crenellated funnel. Between the two, the body has a pair of wings in the middle of the body, which are applied to the sides. Its entire surface is chiselled successively with chevrons and then with chamfered ornaments. Wrought and chiselled iron, engraved iron sheet (for the wings). Europe, 17th century. Height: 28 cm