Key, c. 1300 - c. 1400
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1300 - c. 1400
Bronze key. Bow concavely curved in at the four corners. Shank completely hollow, octagonal at the top with collar, further decorated with incised diagonal and crosswise lines. Bit notched from below at the sides and from the front. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-13125; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); measurements length 9.1 cm x width 2.9 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
- bronze (metal)
- Measurements
- length 9.1 cm x width 2.9 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 9.1 cm x width 2.9 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-13125
- 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.