Repoussé door lock [.1] and iron key [.2].

Collection type: Object
Description: Repoussé door lock [.1] and iron key [.2].
Long description: The lock is elaborately decorated with pieces of cut out metalwork and repoussé panels. The key and door handle are attached to the front plate with a decorative plate to cover the key hole tied on with string. [LKG 05/06/2009]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Mr Morten; PRM source Catherine Elizabeth Parsons
Date / Period: Date made: 1601 - 1800, uncertain
Date collected: By 1927
Acquisition information: Donated: 1950
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Process Repoussé, Process Forged (Metal), Process Perforated, Process Incised, Process Embossed, Process Riveted
Dimensions: Width 131 mm, Length 352 mm, Length 130 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1951.13.996.1 Accession number: 1951.13.996.2 Other numbers: 996
Research and responses: The catalogue 'Collections XIII Parsons' was compiled by Beatrice Blackwood in 1951 from Catherine Parsons' catalogue and Blackwood's additional notes. All additional notes given by Blackwood which appears in red in the Catalogue have been given in underlined text in the computer catalogue version. [GI 1/6/2001]
This lock was studied during a meeting of the European Lock Collectors Association in September 2023. It was identified as a wrought iron door lock with mount (key plate) from the 18th century, not the 17th century as previously catalogued. Information provided by Martina Pall, an expert in locks, keys, boxes, cassettes, chests and cast iron (https://www.martina-pall.com/).

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