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Description: | Small and unusual rotary locking key of probably Middle to Late Saxon date, in the form of a heavy flat unpierced ring 19mm in diameter and 3.5mm thick, with a small pierced lug for suspension on the outer side in a 90 degree axis. The shaft is quite short, 20mm, with banded baluster-like ornament, tapering from 7mm gauge near the ring to 5mm by the tooth, and with a short pointed process beyond the tooth, perhaps for engagement within the lock mechanism. In proportion to the rest of the key the tooth is very long, 16mm, in the form of a long flat band 4mm wide tapering to 3, and 2.5mm thick, but with a short turned-over stub at the tip. The function as a key is not in doubt, and a large casket or chest would be an object of the right size and proportions to be locked by an instrument of this weight. | Subjects: | casket rotary | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Plunkett, Tom - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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