Antique 18th Century Newgate Prison Iron Door Knocker Amazing Likeness NR

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Antique 18th Century Newgate Prison Iron Door Knocker Amazing Likeness NR

2nd of 2 Antique Door Knockers



Pictured right here is a related photo cropped from off peterberthoud UK site on the internet (Great Site). We are showing it as an example,neither the photo or the knocker in the photo goes with it. “As black as Newgate’s knocker” – The door knocker from the last Newgate Prison.


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We ended up with two antique door knockers from an estate this week. We are putting them up in two separate auctions, check them both out.

This is the second of the two. It matches closely to the Newgate Prison knocker from the last reconstruction of the prison in the mid to late 1700's. It has overall surface oxidation, but swings freely.

We do not know where this originally came from, it is period to the mid to late 1700's and does match almost exactly to the only photo of the Newgate prison knocker. It measures approx. 6" across and hangs down approx. 6 1/2". GOOD LUCK!!

Here is an article on Newgate's knocker from off peterberthoud UK site on the internet (Great Site):

As Black as Newgate’s Knocker

Written on September 25, 2012 10:12 am by Peter Berthoud in Architecture, Curiosities, History

“It’s as black as Newgate’s knocker” is an old phrase that will be familiar to many Londoners.

As black as Newgate’s knocker Very dark, in colour or character. The simile draws on Newgate Prison’s notoriety as a place of death.

He’s just another bloody minded old upper-class bugger with a heart as black as Newgate’s knocker. Ames Hawes (2005)

This phrase was known by 1880 and remained popular well into the 20th century. Latterly it seems to have been most commonly used by parents chastising children for getting mucky.

For example; H.E. Johnson, writing in 1994 said:

My late mother often used an expression which must have had very old origins. If anything was very dark or dirty — all too frequently referring to myself or my attire — she would refer to it as being, “As black as Newgate’s knocker”.

Related phrases include:

The earlier, As black as Newgate in use between 1820-80 meaning a dark expression or frown or also referring to soiled clothing.

A Newgate knocker was also a Victorian hairstyle popular with costermongers in the 1840s and 50s. It was ‘A lock of hair twisted from the temple back towards the ear’ the resulting ringlet resembling a door knocker.

The original heavy iron knocker which gave rise to these phrases was attached to the main door of Newgate Prison from 1782 until 1902, when the prison was demolished to make way for an enlarged Old Bailey.

Normally the knocker is kept safely locked away inside the Old Bailey.



Estimated shipping weight, (packaged) is 4 lbs 8 oz in a 12 x 10 x 10
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