Pewter key
Also known as: Sleutel van tin
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800 - c. 1900
Small pewter key. The bow or handle has the shape of a trefoil, decorated on the inner edge with engraved lines. The hollow shaft is likewise decorated with ornaments and has an opening on one side level with the bit. The trapezoidal bit is also hollow and decorated with ornaments. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-2360; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique casting, ciselure, engraving; measurements height 4.6 cm x length 2.4 cm x width 0.8 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
- tin (metal)
- Technique
- casting, ciselure, engraving
- Measurements
- height 4.6 cm x length 2.4 cm x width 0.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 4.6 cm x length 2.4 cm x width 0.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel van tin
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-KOG-2360
- 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.