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Description: | A cast copper alloy rotary key, probably for a casket. The key has an elaborate bow, now incomplete, but of symmetrical openwork with two rounded foils either side probably expanding into a larger rounded foil at the top; the top of the bow is broken and missing. The shank has a triple collar below the bow, and is hollow. The bit is rectangular with two offset clefts and a rounded terminal. This key dates to the Medieval period, c. 13th to 15th Century AD.
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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