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Description: | Medieval key; fragment of cast copper alloy door or chest key of probable 14th or 15th century date, conforming most closely to Ward-Perkins' Type VII. The fragment consists of part of the key handle with the top of the shank. The handle seems to have been of quatrelobed shape (about half of the frame remains). The shank has a broad collar at the base of the handle and then narrows to a sturdy, roughly circular cross section with a small hollow in the centre.Length 35.5mm, width 25.0mm, thickness 9.6mm, weight 11.49gRef: Ward-Perkins "London Museum Medieval Catalogue" (pp. 135-141, fig. 42, no. VII)
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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