Casting model for a key
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1300 - c. 1500
Casting model (?) for a key with a bow formed by five semicircles facing away from each other, of which the lowest rests on the long shank and the top two taper together into a point.
In the centre of the bow is an inclined equal-armed cross. Decorated with pits on the side. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-2065; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); measurements height 16.8 cm x width 4.4 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
- tin (metal)
- Measurements
- height 16.8 cm x width 4.4 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 16.8 cm x width 4.4 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Gietmodel voor een sleutel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-2065
- 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.