- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Watch key, ten-cornered oval shape with a short tube below, at the top a ring for suspension. [El.B 27/04/2009]
- Cultural groups
- European
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1800-1900?, uncertain
- Date collected
- 1895 - 1948
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1950
- Materials and processes
- Material Gilt Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Gilded
- Dimensions
- Length: max 35 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1951.13.1088 Other numbers: 1088
- 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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