Antique door knocker: woman with huge tongue

This curious antique door knocker, depicting a woman with a massive tongue, is up for auction on eBay. From the listing:

A door knocker in the shape of an ill woman's face. Her tongue is the knocker. Marked manufacture, nineteenth century, made of spelter or some other non-magnetic base metal, I bought this in England. The manufacturer's stamp is on the underside of the tongue: "R.E.&S." inside a shield. The piece measures 5.125" long and 2.25" wide. Good working condition.

"19th C.Metal DOOR KNOCKER Sick Woman TONGUE Medical" (Thanks, Michael-Anne Rauback!)

• [bbonyx]

  “What knockers!”

  “Why, thank you, doctor!”

• [Brainspore]

  Taken from Gene Simmons’ great-grandparents’ house.

• [Moriarty]

  Nouveau riche purchase by the inventor of the tongue depressor.

• [Mister Eppy]

  I wonder what’s hanging out of the mailslot?

• [Anonymous]

  Reminds me of a scene from “Labyrinth” with David Bowie & Jennifer Connelly.

  Although there they had rings in their mouths…

  -Darkstar

• [bbonyx]

  @#9 – FTW!

• [fataltourist]

  Helloooo Nurse!

• [OoerictoO]

  $46 so far w/ days to go

• [metkere]

  And here’s a fancy door handle at entrance of Kommersant Publishing House in Moscow: http://pivr.ru/512

• [kahomono]

  Quel dommage that this did not get to eBay by way of Significant Objects

• [Betsy69]

  i’m buying

• [Shelby Davis]

  Mom?