Key, c. 1775 - c. 1800
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1775 - c. 1800
Key whose bow is formed by two billing turtledoves. The shank is formed by two interlocking hands with moldings above and below. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-2292; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements length 6.6 cm x width 3.7 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
- silver (metal)
- Measurements
- length 6.6 cm x width 3.7 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 6.6 cm x width 3.7 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-2292
- 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.