Iron key with kidney-shaped bow, solid stem and twin bit. [El.B 02/06/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Iron key with kidney-shaped bow, solid stem and twin bit. [El.B 02/06/2009]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire Oxford St Ebbes
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date
Date collected: By 1917
Acquisition information: Donated: 1917
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions: Length: max 140 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1917.28.12
Research and responses: http://www.thisislimitededition.co.uk/item.asp?category=Arts&ID=195: At one time, the first sight to greet visitors to Oxford was not the dreaming spires - but the gasworks and gasholders. The works occupied a key site alongside the River Thames at St Ebbe's and dominated the southern approach to the city for 150 years. .... However, the landscape was changed forever when the gas holders were demolished in 1968 and eventually, in 1984, the area was turned into an attractive nature reserve. [AP 13/12/2007]

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