Lock, Münster (city), 1500-1550
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1500-1550
Splayed lock for a cupboard. Iron, decorated with a border of floral devices in openwork at one end and pierced lobes on the opposite side. The key hole is surrounded by the vertical scrolled bands, springing from a scalloped plate.
CUPBOARD LOCK, wrought iron, Germany ; 1500-50 From Munster (Westphalia). The textile covering is restored. Museum No. 845-1893
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length: 12.7 cm; Width: 11.4 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Iron, pierced
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Münster (city)
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O380336
- Museum object number
- 845-1893
- Object history (museum record)
- Bought along with objects 825 to 1136-1893 for £650.
- 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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