Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Seven Nine bronze keys'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card in Cyril Fox's hand notes: 'Roman but probably the majority of Continental origin'.
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Typed catalogue card: 'Nine bronze keys'
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
cf: Museum of London (1940) 'Medieval Catalogue' London: London Museum Catalogues
Event Date 1940
Author: David Kay

Context (Analysis)
See the Portable Antiquities Scheme database for similar keys (e.g. CORN-201C8B, LANCUM-F9FE85 or DUR-104936) dated as Post Medieval. However, the London Museum Medieval Catalogue lists similar Type IX 'casket-keys' (see Plate XXIX, no. 6) as dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. As such, the Period field has been changed from 'Roman' to '?Medieval; ?Post Medieval'.
Event Date 4/12/2018
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Night latch or slide key, with a geometric bit design consisting of an openwork cruciform-shape flanked by two further elongate strips. The shank is a flattened oblong which narrows to join with a circular bow.
Event Date 4/12/2018
Author: David Kay