Key, England, 1669

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1669

Key of chiselled steel. The stem engraved with the inscription 'SIR ROBERT ABDY KNT & BARONNETT AT ALBINS IN ESSEX, 1669'. Solid baluster stem, the bow is pierced with his initials, 'RA', divided by a heart.

10. KEY, steel, chiselled, England, 1669 With the inscription ‘SIR ROBERT ABDY KNT & BARONNETT AT ALBINS IN ESSEX, 1669’ Museum No. M.36-1929 10. KEY, steel, England; dated 1669 Inscribed: SIR ROBERT ABDY KNT AND AND BARONNETT AT ALBINS IN ESSEX, 1669. The bow is pierced with his initials. Museum No. M.36-1929

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources: 1
Photograph views: 3
Catalogue references: 0

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Physical characteristics

Dimensions: Length: 14.6 cm
Materials and techniques: Steel, inscribed and pierced

Technical characteristics

Place recorded: England

Identification

Candidate id: vam-O380559
Museum object number: M.36-1929
Marks and inscriptions: [{'content': "'SIR ROBERT ABDY KNT & BARONNETT AT ALBINS IN ESSEX, 1669'", 'inscriber': {'name': {'text': '', 'id': ''}, 'association': {'text': '', 'id': ''}}, 'date': {'text': '', 'earliest': None, 'latest': None}, 'description': '', 'interpretation': '', 'language': '', 'medium': '', 'method': '', 'position': '', 'script': '', 'translation': '', 'transliteration': '', 'type': '', 'note': ''}, {'content': "'RA'", 'inscriber': {'name': {'text': '', 'id': ''}, 'association': {'text': '', 'id': ''}}, 'date': {'text': '', 'earliest': None, 'latest': None}, 'description': '', 'interpretation': '', 'language': '', 'medium': '', 'method': '', 'position': '', 'script': '', 'translation': '', 'transliteration': '', 'type': '', 'note': 'pierced on bow'}]
Object history (museum record): Bought for £5 in 1929.
Source note: Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.