Iron Folk Art Woodpecker Door Knocker vintage wooden pig or just hung and enjoyed

or just hung and enjoyed as the fabulous sculptural object that it is

and "We command you to visit the sick

A fabulous set of old wooden jackstraws

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 or just hung and enjoyedI'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,