Lock, England, 1660-1685
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1660-1685
Lock from a door which comprises of cast brass and a gilt case with an applied cast and pierced panel that features the crowned cypher of Charles II. The cypher is repeated without the crown in pierced steel on the inside of the lock with a stamped A. The handles are of cast and stamped brass.
LOCK Brass and steel, cast, gilt and pierced England, 1660-85 The panel is decorated with the crowned cypher of Charles II. The cypher is repeated without the crown on the inside of the lock with a stamped 'A'. Museum No. M.63-1949 LOCK (from a door) Brass and steel England; 1660-85 M.63-1949 Cast brass and gilt case with an applied cast and pierced panel with the crowned cypher of Charles II. The cypher is repeated without the crown in pierced steel on the inside of the lock with a stamped A. The handles are of cast and stamped brass. Formerly with M.64-1949 on the doors in Bishop's Well House, Chiselhurst, which once belonged to Sir Sammuel Rush Meylick, famous antiquary and armour collector, who died in 1848. It seems possible that they were part of his collection. The locksmith of both these locks may have worked in London.
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Physical characteristics
- Materials and techniques
- Cast and stamped brass, pierced steel and gild.
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England, London
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O380059
- Museum object number
- M.63-1949
- Object history (museum record)
- Formerly with M.64-1949 on the doors in Bishop's Well House, Chiselhurst, which once belonged to Sir Sammuel Rush Meylick, famous antiquary and armour collector, who died in 1848. It seems possible that they were part of his collection. The locksmith of both these locks may have worked in London.
- 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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