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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ironwork, Room 114b

Key Escutcheon
ca. 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Madrid (made)

Oval key plate surrounded by pierced and engraved foliage, featuring an ornamental grotesque mask.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Ironwork
Object type
Key escutcheon
Title
Materials and techniques
Steel, engraved and pierced
Steel
Forging (Metal Forming)
Engraving
Piercing
Brief description
Key escutcheon, steel, engraved and pierced, featuring a grotesque mask, Spain, ca. 1700
Physical description
Oval key plate surrounded by pierced and engraved foliage, featuring an ornamental grotesque mask.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5in
  • Width: 5in
Gallery label
28. KEY ESCUTCHEON, steel, engraved and pierced, Spain; c.1700 Museum No. M.98-1927(07/1994)
Object history
Acquired in Madrid, Spain. Received from E.L.L. Hildburgh F.S.A. Hotel Rembrandt Thurloe place South Kensington.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.98-1927

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O324496/-key-escutcheon-unknown/
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