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Description: | Medieval key; cast copper alloy key of probable 13th or 14th century date. The key has a cylindrical shank and a broad, concave key bit comprising 4 narrow tines with a broader band, of D-shaped cross-section, joining the ends of the tines. The shank flares and flattens towards the handle. It also expands at the junction of the shank and the handle to give a broad collar of roughly oval cross-section. The handle itself is narrower than the shank and flat in cross-section. It is in the form of a cross within an oval frame. Small lugs extend beyond the oval frame at the ends of each of the horizontal cross arms. There is also a broad, hollow, cylindrical extension to the top of the handle, above the end of the top vertical cross arm. This extension mimics a continuation of the key shank, being of approximately similar size and shape. It is now incomplete with a gap between the two ends of the rolled sheet metal which forms the extension.
Length 85.2mm, width (handle) 32.7mm, width (key bit) 21.7mm, thickness (handle) 4.3mm, diameter (shank, at collar below handle) 8.8mm, weight 41.40g | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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