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Description: | Damaged bow, 15th century key found in the grounds of Nottingham Castle.
The bow is greatly damaged but from the shape of what remains it was possibly a single volute with scrolling finials attached to a horned ferrule. A ridge around the shank seperates it from the ferrule. Shank is quite damaged to one side. There is no discernable collar. Pin appears to taper and has a flat end. The bit is pierced with cruciform wards and clefts. The whole is heavily corroded., "Found on Castle Grounds by Fred Clements these keys He told me he found when a Boy he was looking for Cannon Balls (He had several He found on the Rock) These 3 keys [NCM 1947-496=498] were the start of the Clements Collection of old keys. I first saw the collection in 1888 when I was a boy of 14 Clements was then a young man (antiquarian) most of his small but interesting collelction was lost The few that I have came into my collection about 1943-4 few of the old labels written & dated by Clements were still on the keys. this was very lucky. Yours truly W.J. Thompson, Nov 1947." [two Clements labels survive in the Thompson keys file in the Registry]
Accession number: NCM 1947-497 | Subjects: | security furniture? doors and windows? | Temporal: | 1400-1499? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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