Accession No
1912.382.1-2
Description
A metal spring padlock [.1] with a corresponding key [.2]. The padlock has a curved cylindrical shank. There is a section missing from the padlock. The key has a shaft with a rectangular cross-section and a flat disc shaped terminal with a small square cut out at the centre.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Maghreb; Morocco; Essaouira [Mogador]
Period
Source
von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [?collector and ?donor]; von Hügel, Eliza Margaret (Baroness) [?collector and ?donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1912.382.1-2; MAA: BB 1912.63; AR 1912.168
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; ?Copper Alloy
Local Term
Measurements
101mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil on front of wooden mount: 'Reg.1912.63'.
Marked in pencil on reverse of wooden mount: ‘Mogador/Morocco/November 1911./from by collector/Baron Anatole von Hügel/1912.’
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
Blue book for BB 1912.63-72: 'A set of ten Moorish padlocks [‘spring’ later added in pencil] & keys of various forms'.
Event Date 1912
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register description for 1912.381 - 1912.419 reads: 'A large door lock and key, and a series of ten spring padlocks of iron and brass, with iron keys of diverse forms and twenty-eight other keys of various designs.'
Event Date 1912
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (Acquisition Details)
According to the Blue Book and the Accession Register, this object was donated by Baroness von Hügel in 1912. The object's mount suggest that the donor was Baron Anatole von Hügel. The 1912 Annual Report p.7 reads: 'Archaeological: [...] From Baroness Anatole von Hugel the Museum has received an interesting series of locks and keys of various dates, which she collected in Morocco and the Canary Islands in 1911.'
Event Date 1912
Author: Remke Velden
Context (Related Documents)
Paper booklet found in box with objects titled: ‘Catalogue of/Locks Keys/&/Other objects/collected/By the Donors/Baron A von Hügel/ Baroness A von Hügel/& others/Teneriffe, Morocco etc./placed in Saxon Cabinet Nos.________’.
Paper catalogue booklet entry for Reg 1912.63-72, handwritten in black ink, reads: ‘A set of ten Moorish padlocks & keys of/various forms,/Mogador Morocco/A.v.H.’
Event Date 1912
Author: Remke Velden
Context (Analysis)
Metal spring padlock with key mounted on wooden board. From the remaining pins on the board it appears there may have been a third part to this object, but no spare parts were located.
Event Date 3/10/2018
Author: Remke Velden
Context (Amendments / updates)
None of the 10 padlocks and keys accessioned as 1912.382-391 were marked with their IDNOs. Their mount was, however, marked with their Blue Book numbers. As they were not itemised in the Accession register for Archaeology, they have been assigned an IDNO in the order in which they appear in the Blue Book.
Event Date 03/12/2021
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
A metal spring padlock [.1] with a corresponding key [.2]. The padlock has a curved cylindrical shank. There is a section missing from the padlock. The key has a shaft with a rectangular cross-section and a flat disc shaped terminal with a small square cut out at the centre.
Event Date 3/12/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:281633
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