A FINE 'STEEL' KEY

A FINE 'STEEL' KEY

ENGLISH, C.1700

with an elaborate scroll pierced bow, the shaft with tapering reeded and ring-turned decoration, the collar, with similar turning, with an angular pierced key-wards and bit 11.3cm long

Literature

See Rupert Gentle and Rachael Feild, 'Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820', p.387 pl.9 for a similar example.