- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cast brass key, bow formed of two stylised dolphins, tubular stem, bit impressed with star shapes and with flange. [El.B 13/05/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- German
- Person
- Field collector Max Rosenheim
- Field collector Maurice Rosenheim
- PRM source Catherine Elizabeth Parsons
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1923
- Date collected
- By 1923
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1950
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Cast
- Dimensions
- Length: max 118 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1951.13.713 Other numbers: 713
- 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]
Search terms: Lock, Figure, Key, Animal Figure