Once you start looking for these things, you find them everywhere.
more that 500 years old and still looking good
This gorgeous thing is on the brass gate to the Piccolomini library in the Siena Cathedral.
a little angel in Florence
a plain one in Florence
I like this one - Florence again
Oriental design in Pietrasanta
I think it is a knocker - Portovenere
Portovenere hand
again in Portovenere
a chunky one
devilishly handsome
a really old one
knock like an Egyptian in Lucca
another old one in Lucca
Lucca
lions are very popular
a firm grasp in Pietrasanta