Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1921.266.1-10: "10 Iron Keys."
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Context (Analysis)
On comparison with other keys in the Museum's collections (especially TEMP.00726, which has a similar bit design though with the wards having been later filled in), the general form of this key, particularly the bow and bit form, suggest a Post Medieval date. As such, the Period field has been updated from 'Unknown' to 'Post Medieval'.
Event Date 15/1/2019
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Iron key with ovate, slightly cusped bow, cylindrical pin shank with protruding toe, and an unusually shaped single bit with a geometric key ward design cut into the bottom edge.
Event Date 15/1/2019
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