Detector lock with key
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1675 - c. 1700
The iron pin- or through-keys (BK-NM-678/79) are cast from the same mould. NM-679 is gilded and has a bit that is partially broken off. The finely detailed key bit fits the cross and strip warding of the lock, the shank is openworked, and the key bow has the shape of a double monogram JM surrounded by scrollwork, with a marquess's coronet (five strawberry leaves). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-678; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal); measurements length 11.4 cm x width 4 cm x depth 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
- iron (metal)
- Measurements
- length 11.4 cm x width 4 cm x depth 0.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 11.4 cm x width 4 cm x depth 0.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tweetoersslot met sleutel
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-678
- 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.