Essays on archaeological subjects, and on various questions connected with the history of art, science, and literature in the Middle Ages (1861)
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877 · London, Smith · leaf 150
key. These were perhaps used to fasten or un-fasten internal bolts in boxes like those just mentioned.Faussett found in the cemetery on Sibertswold Down the remainsof a small woodenbox, with its brasslock attached to it,both sides of thelatter of which arerepresented in thecut, Fig. 30. Theobject… … 30. Lock and Key, from Sibertswold Down. latter represents the bolt, similar to that representedin Fig. 28, in the position in whichFaussett imagined that it had beenplaced. This lock is two inches anda half in length, and the key is threeinches and a half long. Keys of themore common forms are…
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