Lock and Key
ca. 1670-1700 (made)
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Door lock and key of pierced and engraved steel, with mask and scroll ornament. Three bolts operated by a hinged lever.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Steel, pierced and engraved |
Brief description | Door lock and key, engraved and pierced steel, scroll and mask ornament, made in Germany, ca. 1670-1700 |
Physical description | Door lock and key of pierced and engraved steel, with mask and scroll ornament. Three bolts operated by a hinged lever. |
Gallery label | DOOR LOCK AND KEY, steel, engraved and pierced, Germany; c.1670-1700
Acquired in Eisenach and possibly from a treasury door. The three bolts can be withdrawn by raising a hinged lever so that the door can be secured from the inside without the key.
Museum No. 1048&a-1893(07/1994) |
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Bibliographic reference | Gardner, John Starkie. Ironwork. Part 2: Continental ironwork of the renaissance and later periods. London, 1896.
p.37 |
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Accession number | 1048&A-1893 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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