Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1924.645 A-C:
"a. Iron key.
b. Bronze terminal of medieval belt.
c. Bronze button formerly gilt."
Event Date
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 22/01/2019
Author: David Kay

Context (Analysis)
Although this key was initially described as Medieval, comparison with similar specimens in the Museum's collection (see especially 1948.1711 A-C - also with heart-shaped double-cusped bows with protruding finials, and 'S'-shaped bits) suggests a far more likely Post Medieval provenance. As such, the Period field has been changed from 'Medieval' to 'Post Medieval'.





Event Date 15/1/2019
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Key with double-cusped heart-shaped bow and pointed finial, cylindrical pin shank, and single bit widening towards the bottom. The entire object is fairly corroded, but the bit has an 'S'-shaped form due to key wards cut in both front and rear edges, and appears to have additional wards cut into its bottom edge.
Event Date 15/1/2019
Author: David Kay