Key, 1800 - 1900
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1800 - 1900
Key whose handle consists of an escutcheon with three fleurs-de-lis, the coat of arms of the Bourbons, flanked by two leaf volutes bearing female heads. The whole is surmounted by a crown.
Handle and upper section of the shank in gilded red and yellow copper; shank and bit in iron. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-2287; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal), copper (metal); technique gild; measurements length 7.9 cm x width 2.3 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
- gild
- Measurements
- length 7.9 cm x width 2.3 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 7.9 cm x width 2.3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-2287
- 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.