Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1921.266.1-10: "10 Iron Keys."
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
On comparison with other keys in the Museum's collection (see especially 1904.357 for a similar 'bridge ward' bit), the general form of this key, especially the bit, collar and slightly cusped bow suggest a Post Medieval date. As such, the Period field has been updated from 'Unknown' to Post Medieval'.
Event Date 15/1/2019
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Key with ovate, slightly cusped bow, cylindrical pin shaft with collar, very short section of throating, and projecting toe. The single bit thickens towards the bottom and is cut with a symmetrical 'bridge ward' style of key wards .
Event Date 15/1/2019
Author: David Kay

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in bag of twenty objects (nineteen keys and one staff head) (1921.266.1, 1921.266.4, 1921.266.8, 1921.1081-1082, 1921.1085, 1921.1606, 1922.780 A-B, 1923.213.10, 1923.276.20, 1923.1137, 1923.1169 A.1-D, 1923.1203, 1924.654 A and 1948.1705-1706) with handwritten card reading: "NO PROV.", and on the reverse in a different hand: "Spur, Anglo-Saxon, 24"
Event Date 22/1/2019
Author: David Kay