On 27 May, 01:00, "spamlet" wrote:

All seconded, save the lacquer bit: always looks better polished and wiped
over regularly with oily rag. *Or you'll be repeating the whole process
again before long.

What's the practical likelihood of that happening on a door knocker?

Perhaps your household is better run than my own, but I'm afraid we
have such terrible trouble in finding parlourmaids these days there's
no likelihood they'll be able to polish the brassware and starch the
antimacassars before tea.