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 (Related Documents)
Catalogue card notes: 'Probably 17 century (S.C.)'. It is currently unclear whether this date refers to all of the 'odds and ends', or what (or who) 'S.C.' refers to.
Event Date 1923
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Odds and ends in bronze of uncertain date and use. One pair of [unclear]ber tongs.' Added in a later hand, 'A bronze scabbard chape'.
Event Date 1923
Author: David Kay

Context (Production / use)
Similar Post Medieval winding keys can be found on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (e.g. PUBLIC-1108A1), where it is noted that they were most commonly used for either winding clockwork mechanisms or as part of a barrel tap.
Event Date 20/11/2018
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Winding key with thick oval winding bow, a short shank in the form of an octagonal prism, and a hollow cuboid bit with a raised lug along one face.
Event Date 20/11/2018
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Winding key with thick oval bow; short shank with square cross-section and corners shaved off; raised cuboid bit with lug along one face; hollow central perforation.

Event Date 30/1/2024
Author: Clare McKenna