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Description: | Furniture / cabinet key?, Small key, possibly for a cabinet or furniture, England, ca. early 16th century.
The bow is in the form of a single volute, its finials attaching to a vase shaped ferrule. Shank is narrow. There is non collar. Pin is flat ended. Bit is simple although heavily corroded and probably had three clefts and teeth along the edge. 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 collection 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 1947-498 | Subjects: | furnishings (small)? security furniture? | Temporal: | 1500-1550 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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