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Description: | The object is probably a casket key which is made from cast copper alloy. The handle /bow is a lozenge shape in plan, with an off-centre sub-lozenge shaped hole. The stem is oval shaped in section, with a thickened collar at the junction with the handle or bow. The terminal of the stem is tubular. The bit is off-set and is a rectangular block, which has an abraded lower edge. The surface of the key has a dark brown coloured patina. In length, from the handle to the terminal of the stem it measures 36.73mm, and the widest point is the handle which is 11.12mm. The thickness of the stem is 2.82mm. It weighs 2.16g.Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58) illustrates a similar key, No. 1311. This is dated to the 13th to 14th centuries.
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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