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Ironwork, Room 114b

Key

ca. 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Key of steel, pierced, with a worn maker's punch.


Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Ironwork
Object type
Key
Materials and techniques
Steel, pierced and punched
Steel
Forging (Metal Forming)
Piercing
Punching
Brief description
Key, pierced steel, England, ca. 1700
Physical description
Key of steel, pierced, with a worn maker's punch.
Gallery label
11. KEY, steel, pierced, England; c. 1700 With a worn maker's punch. Museum No. 1368-1900(07/1994)
Bibliographic reference
Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Ironwork. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1985. 48 p., ill. ISBN 0112904157 pl.16
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
1368-1900

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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