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LOT 1770
Medieval Bronze Door Key with Lozenge-Shaped Handle
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (24 grams, 74 mm).
Barrel-key with voided lozenge bow, balustered shaft with hollow forward end, split ward with bits. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Pall, M., Schlüssel und Schlösser, Graz, 2012, item 5494, for type.
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