小狗形状的门环 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	小狗形状的门环
品名（英）	Door knocker in the shape of a small dog
入馆年号	2016年，2016.436
策展部门	修道院（The Cloisters）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1400 - 公元 1599
创作地区
分类	金属制品铁（Metalwork-Iron）
尺寸	without tang: 7 1/16 × 1 7/8 × 2 1/8 英寸 (18 × 4.7 × 5.4 厘米) 整体 with mounting (tang): 7 1/16 × 1 7/8 × 3 15/16 英寸 (18 × 4.7 × 10 厘米)
介绍（中）	中世纪后期实际上是第二个铁器时代，生产了大量的盔甲、武器和各种功能性物品，从钉子到精致的带铰链、华丽的锁和家用工具。作为一种高度专业化的工艺，最优秀的铁匠们以将装饰性的精致融入他们的作品而自豪，他们经常精心制作看不见的表面，并将功能转化为人物形象。这些门环是最优秀的铁匠为其产品带来的智慧、幽默和技能的典范这个门环是一只小狗的形状，它的脚舌代替了后腿，张开的前腿充当了撞针。头部有一个长而冷落的鼻子，一个抽象的张开的嘴，露出舌头，耳朵短而圆，下面各有一个圆形凹陷。眼睛和鼻孔是通过在热的时候压在可锻铸铁上的孔来指示的。脖子上戴着项圈。
介绍（英）	The later Middle Ages was practically a second Iron Age, producing vast quantities of armor, weaponry and all manner of functional objects from nails to elaborate strap work hinges, ornate locks and household tools. A highly specialized craft, the best ironsmiths took pride in bringing decorative refinement to their works often elaborating surfaces that could not be seen and transfiguring the functional into the figural. These door knockers are fine examples of the wit, humor, and skill the best ironsmiths could bring to their products. This door knocker is in the form of a small dog, the tang replacing the rear legs and the splayed front legs serving as the striker. The head has a long snubbed snout, an abstracted open mouth showing the tongue and short rounded ears with a circular depression below each. The eyes and nostrils are indicated by holes pressed into the malleable iron when hot. A collar rings its neck.