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Key

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1668-1733

GUSN

GUSN-29535

Description

Tag: "Supposed to be a "key"; perhaps an eye to swing a crane from or an eye for a shutter hinge. From a building adjoining brickwork of the Province House.

Details

Descriptive Terms

keys (hardware)
iron (metal)
Iron
KEY

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1922.507

Date

1668-1733 (Possibly)

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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