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Description: | A complete copper alloy box or casket rotary key of post-medieval date. The key is small with a circular cross section. The bow has a thick circumferential collar which extends from one end of the stem and is oval in plan and curve-linear scroll in design. The decoration of the bow is hard to make out as there is organic material from deposition still attached to it. The opposite end of the stem terminates into a small projecting spur where a simple, plain rectangular bit extends.The metal is light brown-green in colour. The key is 32.75mm in length, the bow is 16.35mm in diameter, the stem is 3.92mm thick and the bit is 4.80mm by 7.71mm. The key weighs 3.71g.
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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