Key with double monogram JM and a marquess's coronet
Also known as: Sleutel met dubbelmonogram JM en een markiezenkroon
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1675 - c. 1700
The iron pin or passkeys (BK-NM-678/79) were cast from the same mould. NM-679 is gilded and has a bit that is partially broken off. The finely detailed bit fits the cross and ward arrangement of the lock, the shaft is pierced, and the bow is shaped as a double monogram JM surrounded by scrolling foliage and surmounted by a marquess's coronet (five strawberry leaves). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-679; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal); technique casting, gild; 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
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- iron (metal)
- Technique
- casting, gild
- 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
- Sleutel met dubbelmonogram JM en een markiezenkroon
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-679
- 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.