Key, France, 1570-1600
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1570-1600
Steel key with bow formed by chiselled scrollwork ending in animals' heads and attached by two smaller scrolls to a knob decorated on each side with a grotesque face. The neck of the plain barrel is ringed with mouldings, one being of brass. A brass ring also encircles the end of the bow.
5. KEY, steel, chiselled, France, 1570-1600 Museum No. 648-1895 5. KEY, steel, France; c. 1570-1600 Museum No. 648-1895
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length: 13.2 cm; Width: 2.7 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Steel, chiselled, moulded
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- France
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O380605
- Museum object number
- 648-1895
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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