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Description: | A copper alloy key made from sheet metal, probably a medieval casket key. The whole key is formed by folding a sheet of metal in half. The metal does not appear to have been punched out in an industrial process, but cut by hand. The bow is flattened, cut to a triangular point at the end and with a small square hole cut? through it. The sheet gradually splays out along the stem to form a hollow circular section. The bit is damaged but was probably folded together as the bow was. It has a single notch in the end and a small square central hole.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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