Lock and Key
ca. 1600-1700 (made)
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Lock and key made of wrought iron. It has a sliding bolt and a pierced plate which is attached to the rear, engraved with lions, dolphins, monsters and fleur-de-lys.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wrought iron, pierced and engraved |
| Brief description | Lock and key (from a door), wrought iron, engraved with lions, dolphins, monsters and fleur-de-lys, Spain, ca. 1650-1700 |
| Physical description | Lock and key made of wrought iron. It has a sliding bolt and a pierced plate which is attached to the rear, engraved with lions, dolphins, monsters and fleur-de-lys. |
| Gallery label | LOCK & KEY (from a door)
Wrought iron
Spain; second half of the 17th century
257&a-1900
With a sliding bolt. A pierced plate is attached to the rear, engraved with lions, dolphins, monsters and fleur-de-lys. The applied mouldings are cut down from another object.(07/1994) |
| Bibliographic reference | Gardner, John Starkie. Ironwork. Part 2: Continental ironwork of the renaissance and later periods. London, 1896.
pl.29, p.74 |
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| Accession number | 257-1900 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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