Key with hinged handle
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600
Chased key with matching socket. The drilled shaft has a trefoil cross-section and bears an openwork Corinthian capital. The handle consists of two addorsed griffins joined together, holding a mask between their paws.
Above the heads, a Louis XV brass handle was added later. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-2195; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal); measurements height 15.7 cm x width 4.6 cm x height 8 cm x width 2.2 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 15.7 cm x width 4.6 cm x height 8 cm x width 2.2 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 15.7 cm x width 4.6 cm x height 8 cm x width 2.2 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel met handvat
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-2195
- 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.