French ornately pierced iron key

An image of Key. Iron, double-piped stem, ornately pierced, with fine comb wards, bearing the initials ‘P.F.’. French. Circa 1600-1700.

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Key. Iron, double-piped stem, ornately pierced, with fine comb wards, bearing the initials ‘P.F.’. French. Circa 1600-1700.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.223-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 424 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 106.12kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1

Key words

17th Century Artistic Movement Date Department Fitz_AA French Late Renaissance Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Renaissance Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd iron key lock mechanism metalwork ornate pierced ward lock warded lock

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