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LOT 1949
Tudor Period Bronze Key
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (74 grams, 12.2 cm).
Openwork bow with volute scrolls and waisted silhouette, integral suspension loop to apex, collared and balustered neck, round-section stem with bulbous finial, rectangular bit with arrow-shaped void and two side notches.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of an EU gentleman formed around 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Cf. Pall, M., Keys and Locks: Schell Collection, Germany, 2012, pp.113-119, for keys with similar elements, and the rest of the book for discussion.
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The timber shows some old insect flight holes and we are advised that this piece has been recently treated with Permthrin, as a precaution.
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Fine condition.
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