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Padlock with Key
(Baroque Europe )
The design of this padlock differs greatly from the designs of most continental European locks of the time. The severe lines and massive bulk communicate security. The key has a cloverleaf bow and a ferrule (collar) of stacked squares set in a diamond pattern off center to the bow. Seven teeth on the bit.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Charles T. Yerkes (1837-1905), until 1905; Charles T. Yerkes Estate Sale, American Art Association, New York, 1910, no. 484; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Norway (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Lock H: 8 5/8 x W: 6 1/8 in. (21.9 x 15.56 cm); Key L: 6 5/8 in. (6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
52.176