Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in bag of 18 keys (1904.357, 1907.202, 1910.84 A-C, 1911.2, 1917.110, 1917.116, 1918.143, 1918.204, 1923.256.3-4, 1923.276.11, BB 1912.676, TEMP.00724-00727) with a note reading 'N. P.' [no provenance].
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Context (Display)
This key is one of three found mounted on a wooden board (1910.84 A-C). On the front of the board is handwritten in pencil: 'A 1910.84 a-c. Three keys (showing derivations of the cusp & scroll in bow). John Jennings, Esq. 1910'. On the rear is affixed a handwritten label in ink, reading: 'A1910.84 a-c. 3 keys, derivations from cusp + scroll bow. John Jennings, Esq.'
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Accession register entry for 1910.84 A-C reads: 'Three small iron keys showing the evolution of cusp and scroll bow: (a) with cusp and double scroll
(b) a pierced trefoil and
(c) a catafoil
Event Date 1910
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Small key with openwork bow in the form of a cusp and double scroll, a cylindrical pipe shaft, and single bit cut with key wards in the bottom and front edges, forming a simple 'box of wards'. The bit thickens from the shaft downwards.
Event Date 20/11/2018
Author: David Kay