Iron key, 1475 - 1525
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1475 - 1525
Wrought iron key. The bow is entirely openworked; at the top a hexagon with lily-shaped decorations, beneath which horizontally a round section with tracery-shaped infill.
An openworked rectangular cross-piece connects bow and pipe. The pipe is hollow and double. The bit is very finely foliate and open on the front edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12933; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal); measurements length 7 cm x width 2.6 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)
- Measurements
- length 7 cm x width 2.6 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 7 cm x width 2.6 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel van ijzer
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-12933
- 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.