Lock, Spain, 17th century

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

17th century

Door lock and key made of steel, pierced and engraved with grotesques. LOCK AND KEY Steel, pierced and engraved, formerly blued, Spain, 17th century From the monastery of Escorial, Spain. One handle operates four of the spring bolts and the other handle the fifth bolt.

Museum No. 260-1900 DOOR LOCK & KEY, steel, pierced and engraved, formerly blued, Spain; 17th century From the monastery of Escorial, Spain. One handle operates four of the spring bolts and the other handle the fifth bolt. Museum No. 260-1900

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Physical characteristics

Materials and techniques: Steel, pierced and engraved, formerly blued

Technical characteristics

Place recorded: Spain

Identification

Candidate id: vam-O380095
Museum object number: 260-1900
Object history (museum record): Bought from the Rico y Sinobas Collection (Museum nos. 250-280-1900) and received on 17th November 1899 from Senor Esteban Minguez Moreno, Calle de Cuatro Santos 34, Cartegena, Spain. Manuel Rico y Sinobas (1819-1898) was a Spanish physicist and a pioneering researcher in meteorology in Spain. He was a full member of the Royal National Academy of Medicine from 1861 until his death. He was noted as a collector of books and manuscripts but also had a large collection of locks, keys and other items in iron and steel.
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