Rim lock box, 1710–40
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1710–40
Rim lock box in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 87.11.725), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department. The museum dates it 1710–40. The museum records the medium as Iron and the dimensions as plate: 11 × 6 1/2 in. (27.9 × 16.5 cm); box: 6 1/2 × 3 5/8 in. (16.5 × 9.2 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Iron
- Dimensions
- plate: 11 × 6 1/2 in. (27.9 × 16.5 cm); box: 6 1/2 × 3 5/8 in. (16.5 × 9.2 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Metalwork-Iron
Identification
- Met object id
- 187132
- Museum object name
- Rim lock box
- Museum object number
- 87.11.725
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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