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1951.13.746

Bronze key with lozenge-shaped bow and small loop on top, bit with simple and cross-shaped incision. [El.B 25/02/2009]

1951.13.746

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bronze key with lozenge-shaped bow and small loop on top, bit with simple and cross-shaped incision. [El.B 25/02/2009]
Cultural groups
English
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Captain Corner
PRM source Catherine Elizabeth Parsons
Date / Period
Date made: 1300-1400?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1923
Acquisition information
Donated: 1950
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal, Process Perforated, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Length: max 70 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1951.13.746 Other numbers: 746
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]

Related Documents File - [typed piece of card found in drawer but not relating to any specific key] Medieval bronze keys with lozenge -shaped bows are sometimes called "monastic" keys. They might be chest or coffer keys. They are characteristic of the 13th, 14th and early 15th centuries. [El.B 25/02/2009]

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