Iron Folk Art Woodpecker Door Knocker vintage wooden pig structurally very sound

structurally very sound

2 1/8" x 1 1/16:  x 1 1/16"

who thought it European

I might guess German

attached now with staples but showing old nail holes in the canvas on the sides

Iron Folk Art Woodpecker Door Knocker vintage wooden pig structurally very soundI've eyed and almost purchased a few different woodpecker shaped knockers, but it's this one that ultimately sold me, in no small part because it's such a satisfying one to use, with the gold painted, square ended beak of the bird knocking against the iron plate with a really good clap, and with its tail then equally satisfyingly knocking against the plate in the opposite direction. Easily mounted to a wall via holes at either end of the iron plate,