Red Skelton was born in 1913, the son of a circus clown. Skelton himself got one of his earliest tastes of show business with that same circus and decided to become an entertainer at age 9. Through all of his career, Red never forgot his roots, and always seemed to fall back to the familiar -the clown. He decided to try his hand at art at an early age painting a variety of subjects...

This is a solid brass door knocker commemorating the life of Sir Winston Churchill. At the top of the bracket is the House of Parliament. The bottom reads "Winston Churchill Nov 1874 –Jan 1965". The back is marked "Gt Britain" and "BEL". The movable knocker portion is the bust of Churchill. There is a lot of patina showing the age of this piece. It measures 8.5" long.