Accession No
1912.386.1-2
Description
A metal spring padlock and corresponding key. The body is rectangular in shape with shanks extending upwards on each side and connection at a right angle with a cylindrical bar [.1]. The accompanying key [.2] has a forked head which then constricts leading to a semicircular shaped section with a rectangle cut out. The narrow shaft of the key is decorated on one side with linear patterns. There is a hole at the rounded terminal, possibly for suspension.
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
1912.386.1-2; MAA: BB 1912.67; AR 1912.172
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal
Local Term
Measurements
113mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil on front of wooden mount: 'Reg.1912.67'.
Marked in pencil on reverse of wooden mount: ‘Mogador, Morocco./November 1911/from by collector/Baron Anatole von Hügel’.
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden
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
Description (Physical description)
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
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: 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.________’.
Event Date 1912
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
Description from the Blue Book pg.40 (PDF pg.50) reads: ‘Register No. 1912.63-72/A set of ten Moorish padlocks [‘spring’ later added in pencil] & keys of various forms;/Mogador Morocco./Nov. 1911./ Baron [later changed to Baroness with pencil] A von Hügel’.
Event Date 1912
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
Metal spring padlock with key mounted on wooden board.
Event Date 3/10/2018
Author: Remke Velden
Description (Physical description)
A metal spring padlock and corresponding key. The body is rectangular in shape with shanks extending upwards on each side and connection at a right angle with a cylindrical bar [.1]. The accompanying key [.2] has a forked head which then constricts leading to a semicircular shaped section with a rectangle cut out. The narrow shaft of the key is decorated on one side with linear patterns. There is a hole at the rounded terminal, possibly for suspension.
Event Date 06/12/2021
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 06/12/2021
Author: Remke Velden
FM:281636
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