Key, c. 1200 - c. 1400
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1200 - c. 1400
Key whose bow resembles a four-petalled flower motif. The elaborately worked bit is partly broken off. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-2106; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal); measurements height 9.6 cm x width 4.2 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
- height 9.6 cm x width 4.2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 9.6 cm x width 4.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-2106
- 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.