Lock, Key and Hinge
1650-1700 (made)
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Lock, key, lock part and hinge, pierced and engraved tinned iron. The ornament in the form of a double-headed eagle and grotesques.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Tinned iron, pierced and engraved |
| Brief description | Lock, key, lock part and hinge, pierced and engraved tinned iron, ornament in the form of a double-headed eagle and grotesques, made in Germany, 1650-1700 |
| Physical description | Lock, key, lock part and hinge, pierced and engraved tinned iron. The ornament in the form of a double-headed eagle and grotesques. |
| Gallery label | LOCK AND KEY, tinned iron, pierced and engraved, Germany; 1650-1700
The key has to be inserted in a particular manner to operate the complicated system of bolts.
Museum No. 87&a-1879(07/1994) |
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| Accession number | 87 to PART/1-1879 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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