Padlock with key
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1600 - 1699
A padlock with a forward-curving case and a square-section shackle. The shackle, which is completely removable, remains connected to the lock case by a sliding rod and has a spring at each end.
The key has a heart-shaped bow. Iron, soldered with copper. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-16125; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal), copper (metal); technique soldering; measurements height 9 cm x width 5 cm x diameter 3 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), copper (metal)
- Technique
- soldering
- Measurements
- height 9 cm x width 5 cm x diameter 3 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 9 cm x width 5 cm x diameter 3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Hangslot met sleutel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-16125
- Museum classification
- key · padlock
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.