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Description: | Copper alloy key. Rotary key of unusual construction, comprising a cast bow which has been bent into a loop with its ends inserted into one end of a hollow cylinder of sheet metal. The union is reinforced by a ring of thicker sheet metal with a butted seam wrapped around the end of the stem. A plain rectangular sheet metal bit with a rib running back along the stem behind it is apparently brazed to the stem, which is also hollow-ended. The bit is now bent against the stem. The light construction may suggest this to have been intended for use with furniture, a clock or a casket rather than a door. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800.Length: 41.7mm, Height: 14mm, Thickness (stem): 0.5mm, Diameter (stem): 4.8mm, Weight: 5.48gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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