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Description: | A corroded and damaged, bur complete post-medieval cast copper-alloy casket key. The key has a kidney-shaped bow with two internal projections. There is a collar below the bow, below which a section of expanded stem above a second collar. The stem is oval in cross-section. The clefts and wards on the rectangular bit form an 'S' shape. The metal has corroded to red-brown colour with some patches of green corrosion product. The metal and bow form are characteristically early post-medieval; a similar casket key dated to the 16th century can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 67, 73; ref. 563). The bit end of this key has been twisted out of alignment to the bow. This may have prompted its discarding. | Subjects: | rotary key casket | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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