Key, England, ca. 1700-1730
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1700-1730
Key of steel, pierced and chiselled, England, ca. 1700-1730. Key of steel; the bow, of chiselled openwork, consists of a cross enclosed in foliate scrollwork surmounted on by a ducal cornet; the needed stern is united to the bow by a moulded necking.
3. KEY, steel, chiselled and pierced, England, 1700-1730 Museum No. 161-1898 3. KEY, steel, pierced and chiselled, England; c. 1700-30 Museum No. 161-1898
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length: 10.8 cm; Width: 3.8 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Pierced and chiselled steel
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O378026
- Museum object number
- 161-1898
- Object history (museum record)
- Bought from Messrs. Durlacher Bros. for £4 4s in 1898.
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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