Solid Brass, Georgian Style, Cast door knocker Lion. - a compliment to any door, exterior or interior. A beautifully cast piece of solid brass with a lovely patination that will only get better with time. Regal and firm, the lion We prefer not to polish our architectural brass pieces to give them a authentic worn look. The first thing one sees, many times, is the front door, sending a message of great style and sophistication. The lion has been an important symbol to humans for tens of thousands of years. The earliest graphic representations feature lions as organized hunters with great strength, strategies, and skills. In later depictions of human cultural ceremonies, lions were often used symbolically and may have played significant roles in magic, as deities or close association with deities, and served as intermediaries and clan identities.