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Description: | Three copper-alloy casket keys of late medieval to post medieval date.
1: This key measures 33.4mm in total length, it has an oval shaped bow with two internal projections. The stem is rectangular in shape with transverse mouldings where it joins the bow. The stem projects beyond the bit, which is an uncut rectangular shape.
2: Complete key measuring 36.5mm in length. The bow is oval in shape with two internal projections. The stem is rectangular in shape with transverse mouldings where it joins the bow. The stem projects beyond the bit which is cut, being rectangular in shape with three U-shaped notches along its terminal egde and another in the centre of its inner edge.
3: An incomplete key, measuring 28.8mm in length. The bow is fragmentary due to an old break. It appears to have been oval in shape and the stem is hollow with a plain rectangular uncut bit. This casket key could date from the late medieval period, rather than the post medieval period as it lacks the decorative moulding and the internal projections within the bow that the previous two post medieval keys have. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1400
1650 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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