Key to a tabernacle
Also known as: Sleutel van een tabernakel
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1749
Key to a tabernacle door. Cast and chased silver. The bow is formed of two acanthus volutes surmounted by a shell, the lower section decorated with ears of wheat and grapevines (symbol of the Eucharist).
The upper section of the barrel bears a mask. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12711; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique casting, ciselure; measurements height 11 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)
- Technique
- casting, ciselure
- Measurements
- height 11 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 11 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel van een tabernakel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-12711
- 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.