Wee Birdy: Foxy Knocker

Wee Birdy is an exploratory field guide to the hidden gems in London and Sydney and sparkling treasures on the (online) horizon. Selected as one of the Top 50 Design Blogs in the World by Times Online, as well as one of the Top 100 Blogs in the World by The Sunday Times, Wee Birdy is edited and written by former magazine editor Top Bird. Top Bird recently spent three years in London, where she was Deputy Shopping & Style Editor at Time Out London, before returning to her Sydney nest. A self-confessed bird nerd, Wee Birdy explores the very best in shopping, style, fashion, beauty, design, interiors, craft and handmade.

May 25, 2009

Foxy Knocker

Happy Bank Holiday, London birdies! Couldn't resist taking a pic of this rather handsome fellow on the door next to Ryantown on Columbia Road last week. You can also see that I've recently taken to photographing piles of shop bags (see pic below). However, you should note that these are extra-special shop bags, hand-screen printed by Rob Ryan and featuring a cute wee birdy stamp in the corner. Swoon!

25 May 2009 08:00:00 | Out and about in London, Shopping in E2, Shopping on Columbia Road

9 Comments

Love the foxy knocker! Ah how I love ryantown...

Posted by: Make Do Style /Film Upstart | May 25, 2009 at 07:07 PM

Foxy is gorgeous as are the pretty screen printed bags!

Posted by: Samantha Battersby | May 25, 2009 at 08:12 PM

Foxy is gorgeous as are the pretty screen printed bags!

Posted by: Samantha Battersby | May 25, 2009 at 08:12 PM

That fox is adorable!! And I love the blue in the background...

Posted by: The Storialist | May 26, 2009 at 04:17 AM

We had a knocker just like this one in my childhood home - not sure why, but it was always a talking point!

Posted by: Delicious Industries | May 26, 2009 at 10:32 AM

If I knew where to get the fox I would buy him like a shot.

Posted by: petajane | May 26, 2009 at 09:39 PM

I just love this site... full of delicious, girly ideas and treats. Scrolling through again I saw the Foxy Knocker pic, which now has special significance.
My mother was over from Oz two years ago and saw a small fox door knocker on a Cotswold house and, subsequently, searched high and low for the same one. No success.
A recent return visit to Kent and what did we find... this identical foxy knocker (minus blue door) in a beaut antique shop in Rye. Not expensive!
She went home a very happy traveller and the customs people were most interested in the contents of her hand luggage :)

Posted by: Cathy Trueman | July 10, 2009 at 11:05 AM

Hi Cathy, that's such a great story, you must be so pleased with your treasure from Kent! xx

Posted by: Top Bird @ Wee Birdy | July 10, 2009 at 08:03 PM

Oh my goodness! I've photographed this little guy, but he was looking rather different:

http://top5photos.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/top-5-dogs/

I love Columbia road.

Posted by: Helena | August 09, 2009 at 12:23 AM

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