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Description: | A cast copper alloy casket key of probable early post-medieval date. The key measures 32.3mm by 15.3mm by 3.5mm and weighs 2.58g. It has a kidney-shaped bow with two thickened collars below it, a solid shank, a projecting pin and a simple rectangular bit. Several similar keys are illustrated in Read's 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (2001, pp. 67-8, 73, fig. 47).
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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