Key, Tula Workshops, Tula, 1760 - 1770
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1760 - 1770
Key of pierced and chiselled steel. The bow is formed of a double-headed eagle within scrollwork. 10. KEY, steel, chiselled and pierced, Tula, Russia, 1760-1770 Made in the Tula Armoury. Museum No. M.653-1910
10. KEY, steel, pierced and chiselled, Russia; 1760s Made in the Tula Arms Factories, near Moscow. For more information on Tula wares, see the text panel further down the Gallery. Salting Bequest. Formerly Spitzer Collection Museum No. M.653-1910
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length: 13.2 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Pierced and chiselled steel
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Tula Workshops
- Place recorded
- Tula
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O382374
- Museum object number
- M.653-1910
- Object history (museum record)
- Formerly Spitzer Collection
- 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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