Bronze key-ring

Collection type: Object
Description: Bronze key-ring
Long description: Bronze ring for a bunch of keys, broken into two pieces [.10, .11]. [El.B 15/06/2009]
Geographical reference: Austria
Europe > Western Europe > Austria
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1882?, uncertain Archaeological period: Roman
Date collected: ?By 1882
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Bronze Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions: Length: max 60 mm [.10], Length: max 55 mm [.11]
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.2.13.10 Accession number: 1884.2.13.11 PR no.: 14/ 14860
Research and responses: Other objects with number 14860 were obtained in Germany and Austria. No provenance is given for this object in the Accession Book. Note that this bunch is probably one of the ones listed on an insert page [between pages 80 and 81] in vol 1 of the Pitt Rivers Catalogues of the Farnham Museum currently housed in the Cambridge University Library Manuscripts room, the page is headed 'List of Articles to go to Museum' as 'Bunch of Roman keys Bronze (11) Simmering Austria'. It was collected by Pitt Rivers during a visit to Germany and Austria in 1882. However only 10 have been tentatively identified. Note that if this identification is right these keys come from Simmering in Austria. ?It is also mentioned on page 85 (including 1884.2.13) with drawing: "Bunch of Roman Keys. 10 in number on Ring. Bronze, Simmering Austria.", see RDF. Note that the entries for 14/ 14860 and 18/ 14860 seem to have got confused in the green book but are easily matched by description [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]
Simmering is a district of Vienna. [El.B 16/06/2009]

Search terms: Lock, Key, Key-ring

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