Key, 1400 - 1600
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1400 - 1600
Wrought-iron key with a bean-shaped eye in the flat bow. The shaft extends slightly beyond the bit, which is bent back at the end. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15532; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal); measurements length 11.9 cm x width 3.7 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- iron (metal)
- Measurements
- length 11.9 cm x width 3.7 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 11.9 cm x width 3.7 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15532
- Museum classification
- key
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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against lock and metalwork references.