Accession No

1903.12


Description

Iron key with kidney-shaped bow, swelling slightly at centre opposite stem; hollow baluster-like cylindrical stem; rectangular bit with S-shaped cross section formed from three wards separated by two vertical clefts.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge


Period

Post Medieval 18th century


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1903.12


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

100mm


Events

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on plain paper-wrapped display board with handwritten label which reads: 'XVIII Cent. Iron Key with S-shaped fan. Cambridge. Camb. Ant. Soc. A 1903.12.'.
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


Description (Physical description)
Iron key with 'S' shaped webb
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'An iron key with S-shaped ward.'
Event Date 1903
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Auction / Sale)
Bought in Cambridge.
Event Date 1903
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Iron key with kidney-shaped bow, swelling slightly at centre opposite stem; hollow baluster-like cylindrical stem; rectangular bit with S-shaped cross section formed from three wards separated by two vertical clefts.
Event Date 5/1/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal


FM:19486

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