Key to the City of Bremen
Also known as: Sleutel van de stad Bremen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1875 - c. 1925
Symbolic key to the city of Bremen. The pewter bow or handle is formed by a downward-turned C-scroll containing two rampant lions with the crowned city coat of arms with the key of Bremen between them.
The hollow shaft is made of copper, to which the openwork pewter bit is attached. It is square in shape, with four angular volutes springing from the central axis. The key is kept in the accompanying case (BK-KOG-2349-2). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-2349-1; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), tin (metal); technique casting; measurements height 13.2 cm x length 6.2 cm x width 1.3 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal), tin (metal)
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- height 13.2 cm x length 6.2 cm x width 1.3 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 13.2 cm x length 6.2 cm x width 1.3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel van de stad Bremen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-2349-1
- 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
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