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Description: | An 18th-century copper-alloy watch-winder key, originally used with a pocket watch. The key handle is oval with a suspension loop projecting above, now worn very thin. The oval handle has a design on both sides of a crown over a short banner or cartouche (which may have had an inscription) surrounded with a floral pattern of rose to the left, thistle to the right. The width of the handle is 19.57mm and the height (including the suspension loop) is 18.82mm.The lateral shaft is hollow and circular in cross-section. It has decoration of circumferential grooves and mouldings, and is 34.17mm in length, width 3.27mm and greatest depth is 5.94mm. The hollow circular downshaft is attached to the lateral shaft a little way up. It is circular in cross-section, 3.00mm in diameter and 9.45mm in length. See Bailey 1995: 26 -27.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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