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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy rotary key, large with fancy bit, incomplete (handle broken), c.1300-1500. Lozenge-shaped bow with the end broken off, and with a worn decorative flat oval knop decorated with two incised transverse lines, projecting from the outer edge of one angle (the remaining angle is damaged). The shank is hollow and sub-circular sectioned with two moulded transverse ridges at the junction with the bow, it is damaged in one area. The symmetrical bit consists of two separate parts with a cleft between; both parts have one ward with a cleft extending roughly half its length between the ward and shank, a groove along one side and four rectangular-sectioned projections on the outer surface. Fine dull mid-green patina with some areas of blue-green corrosion. Length (incomplete) 101.7mm, handle width 37.9mm & thickness 6.4mm, shank width 9.9mm & thickness 9.5mm, bit width (including shank) 23.8mm, & thickness 10.4mm, weight 52.5g.
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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