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Description: | Cast cu-alloy fragment of a rotary key dating from the Medieval period, c. 15th/16th century. The fragment is very worn and only the upper half (part of the shank and half of the handle) remain. Entire bit is missing. The handle was probably heart-shaped with an elongated kidney-shaped aperture. The key still shows remains of a moulded collar between shank and handle. The still visible misaligned seam along half of the length of the shank and the V-shaped gap in its lower part suggest that it was made from cu-alloy sheet metal, rendering it less strong than a cast and shaped cu-alloy key would have been. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Boughton, Dot - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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