Key, England, ca. 1650
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1650
Key of an apprentice, pierced and chiselled steel, England, c. 1650. Key of an apprentice, pierced and chiselled steel. The thistle-shaped bow filled in with scrollwork.
22. KEY, steel, chiselled and pierced, England, c. 1650 Museum No. M.648-1910 22. KEY, steel, pierced and chiselled, England; c. 1650 Salting Bequest Formerly Spitzer Collection Museum No. M.648-191
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length: 13.7 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Pierced and chiselled steel
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O378010
- Museum object number
- M.648-1910
- Object history (museum record)
- Formerly Spitzer Collection
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
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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