The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025
Lot 301
A FINE 'STEEL' KEY
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £315
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Description
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.