Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card for 1923.1169 in Cyril Fox's hand notes: 'Medieval or later'
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1923.1169: 'Four keys of iron'
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Accession register entry for 1923.1169 A-D: 'Four iron keys'
Event Date 1923
Author: David Kay

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

Context (Analysis)
Cf. London Museum Medieval Catalogue, especially Plate XXIX no. 11 - a Type VI key from Cheapside, London. Type VI keys are reported to date from the 14th and 15th centuries, however given the lack of more secure identification for this particular key, the Period field has simply been filled as 'Medieval'.
Event Date 5/12/2018
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Key with circular bow, cylindrical pipe shank, and single bit with key wards cut in a geometric design into the front edge. The shank is decorated by sets of three circumferential incised lines at its terminus, midpoint and near to the bow.
Event Date 5/12/2018
Author: David Kay

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in bag of twenty objects (nineteen keys and one staff head) (1921.266.1, 1921.266.4, 1921.266.8, 1921.1081-1082, 1921.1085, 1921.1606, 1922.780 A-B, 1923.213.10, 1923.276.20, 1923.1137, 1923.1169 A.1-D, 1923.1203, 1924.654 A and 1948.1705-1706) with handwritten card reading: "NO PROV.", and on the reverse in a different hand: "Spur, Anglo-Saxon, 24"
Event Date 22/1/2019
Author: David Kay