Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ironwork, Room 114a

Lock

1741 (dating)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lock, iron pierced with openwork tracery and gilt brass engraved with rococo ornament, on a ground of blued steel. It has been reblued and electro-gilded.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Iron, pierced, with engraved gilt brass and blued steel
Brief description
Lock, iron pierced with openwork tracery and gilt brass engraved with rococo ornament on a ground of blued steel, made in Germany, dated 1741
Physical description
Lock, iron pierced with openwork tracery and gilt brass engraved with rococo ornament, on a ground of blued steel. It has been reblued and electro-gilded.
Style
Gallery label
LOCK Iron, gilt brass and steel Germany; dated 1741 3588-1856 Pierced openwork tracery and gilt brass engraved with rococo ornament, on a ground of blued steel. It has been reblued and electro-gilded.(07/1994)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3588-1856

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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