- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Iron key with oval bow, solid stem and bit with two cuts (possibly broken at bottom edge). [El.B 05/05/2009]
- Cultural groups
- Belgian
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1700-1900?, uncertain
- Date collected
- By 1920
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1950
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Length: max 114 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1951.13.378 Other numbers: 378
- Research and responses
Related Documents File - i) Correspondence from Catherine E. Parsons to Beatrice Blackwood (1950 - 1955) regarding Parsons' collection and arrangements scheduled for Blackwood to view the keys and to retrieve documentation. Excerpt from letter to Blackwood: 'Please remember my keys and their catalogue were made simply for my own interest years ago. I never thought of it becoming public.' RDF also includes a number of letters from Mary Mallyon, informing Blackwood of Parsons' death (1956), and organizing for her to collect: 'the keys for the museum that Miss Parsons kept back when you took the others'. ii) Four photographs of Catherine E. Parsons, including one labelled 'Miss Parsons & niece'. iii) Catalogue of the Collection of Locks and Keys made by Catherine E. Parsons [original manuscript]. [GI 5/2/2002]
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1951.13.643Iron chest key, trefoil bow, tubular stem, bit with a cross-cut and a simple cut. [El.B 17/04/2009]1951.13.643
1951.13.322Steel key, oval bow with small perforation near the top, solid stem and twin bit with teeth. [El.B 13/05/2009]1951.13.322
1951.13.691.1Brass lock [.1] with iron mechanism, with two alarm bells, front plate [.2] taken off, with steel key [.3]. [El.B 12/06/2009]1951.13.691.1
1951.13.941Iron key, bow originally circular?, solid stem and S-shaped bit. [El.B 15/04/2009]1951.13.941