Wednesday, November 26, 2014

As in architecture, sculpture, dog training bells just and handicraft products can be seen in Torun

Former knockers Torun. OToruniu.net
Beautiful page in the history of arts and crafts of past centuries are the blacksmith dog training bells and locksmith products made in iron and the Bronze. Developed a craft model of other cities of Europe and Torun, which, like Nuremberg, or adjacent to Gdańsk, showed great passion for ornamentation in objects even everyday use. Tem testify intricate old signboards, or the emblem of the guild, wind flags, ferrules and old gates, doors and furtach.
The pride of a wealthy patrician was a beautiful appearance of his household, so he did not spare coins to pay artists - artisans, covering the front wall of the building sagrafitty painting or sculpture baroque richness stone or stucco, from Szczytnica (Giebel) from the gate, most beautifully adorned, gmerkiem bearing dog training bells the coat of arms or the owner and the date of building a house. The same gate from the outside was adorned with a statue of the whole convex, either ornamental or richer depicting scenes from Scripture and mythology, now emblems, such personifications. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, etc.
At the center of the door hung a huge iron knocker, circular or elliptical blade attached to the metal. Burgher houses in the old days were the day and night closed, like fortresses. This custom can still be seen today in Pomerania. Knocker fulfill its useful purpose, instead of today's electric bell, announcing the arrival of guest clatter or interesante. Old custom of placing at the door knockers wchodowych remained in England today.
When the demolished old houses, destroyed or replaced with older gates, new materjale, fell victim declined between unnecessary junk, rubbish or old beautiful knockers, with artistic passion and painstakingly carved masterpieces blacksmith.
Knocker (Thürklopfer), so called antaby at the door of churches, houses, and the monastery gates and doors combined with hanging hammer used to racing, and later replacing the bell, or the ear or the right antabą, dedicated to the recognition of hand.
As in architecture, sculpture, dog training bells just and handicraft products can be seen in Torun impact Gdansk arts. Torun knockers have almost prototypes at the gates of Gdansk in minute quantities indeed, made in the same way in the heyday of the patricians of trade from 16 to 17 century. Knockers traced in other cities nearby, dog training bells eg. In Brodnicy are also similar to the type of Torun and Gdansk. Extremely original knocker hanging at the gate of a bakery in Chojnice, ul. Gdansk No. 24, where the background, disc shaped double-headed eagle (eagle-like trace visible in Torun on the gate bakery: Old Town Square 9) - theme often found in old brass candlesticks in the churches - antaba hangs in the form of a pretzel.
For a number of rattles have witnessed the development of these products from the most primitive, poor form, the most ornate and najmisterniejszych. The size of their different sizes antaby but also, i.e. the center of the circular can insert four fingers of a hand gripping the aim to issue sound when impacted. The size and form of the lock case front different, either circular, or oblong in upright format.
1. At the gate in front of City Hall wchodowej Artus Court, modest and probably if not the oldest, can reach a form 1600. An interesting fact is that the only one knocker is hollow when all others are massive. dog training bells
2. At the door of the town hall on the ground floor, a painted image of Justicji, the door leading to the hallway at the former courtroom. Although, according dog training bells to A. Semrau painting dates from the late 18th century, the product looks knocker earlier. Ornamentation is richer. The seventeenth century.
3. Street. Szewskiej No. 5 (now Szewska 1) in a tenement house, at the door from the street Podmurna a knocker on the disc forms a cross. Antaba united with her drum has a shape similar to the previous, the robot thick. The eighteenth century.

6. Beautiful dog training bells knocker in the shape of the front plates Pomeranian griffin, which is also used often or wywieszkach guild emblems, forged iron plate on szczytnicach homes. Antaba composed of two identical dog training bells halves dog training bells frequent motifs reminiscent of the Baroque: the heads of dolphins or floral motifs. Posrebrzony dog training bells fretboard, dog training bells know exactly when. This knocker and the gate is now in the Town Museum, moved there from the street. Noble 14. The seventeenth century.
7. Also in the collection of the City Museum in Torun, formerly located at the entrance of the house at ul. 27. Beautiful bridge antaba, similar dog training bells form to the knockers 5, however, more artistically dog training bells finished, vegetable theme ornamentally mustachioed included on the joints of both halves of the head of the middle bourgeoisie, a similar theme as the church stalls. The lock case front forms an elongated, very aesthetic. The second half of the eighteenth century.
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