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Lantern Style Masterpiece Key
(Baroque Europe )
This is a French classic lantern style masterpiece key of the late 1500s or 1600s in fine condition. It is quite large for the type and has approximately 24 teeth in the bit, the bit being part that is actually inserted in the lock.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Charles T. Yerkes (1837-1905), until 1905; Charles T. Yerkes Estate Sale, American Art Association, New York, 1910, no. 474; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910
Location in Museum
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.
52.130