Accession No
1910.85 A
Description
Steel latch key with oval bow, swelling slightly at centre opposite stem; short baluster-like stem; symmetrical openwork spade-shaped bit with four internal wards.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge
Period
Post Medieval 18th century
Source
Jennings, John J. [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1910.85 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Steel
Local Term
Measurements
67mm
Events
Context (Display)
1910.85 A-D all previously mounted on a single patterned paper-wrapped display board with a handwritten label that reads: 'Steel Latch Keys. Showing different wards. 18th Cent. Cambridge. J. Jennings.'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
1910.85 A-D: 'Four latch keys showing different wards.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1910.85 A-D: 'Four iron latch keys shewing two varieties in the pattern of the perforated plate (two spade shaped, & two oval).'
Event Date 1910
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Steel latch key with oval bow, swelling slightly at centre opposite stem; short baluster-like stem; symmetrical openwork spade-shaped bit with four internal wards.
Event Date 5/1/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:19478
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