Key

Object Name:

Key

Object ID:

1947.032.01

Date:

1800-1900

Description:

Key. Cast steel, from Salisbury, NH, Union Meeting House. Oval bow handle with slight bulge in side opposite shank. Shank has increasing taper from bow to band. Shank, straight until swelling out in bulb shape with straight ridge at its front edge. Shank continues straight cylinder to flat end, diameter: 0.23". Shank length from stop edge: 0.9". Bit and shank width: 0.8". Bit length: 0.55". Bit depth tapers to larger depth at rounded bottom edge. Single vertical T-shaped slot on side of bit. Portion of small rounded notch midway up slot on both sides of bit. Separate paper tag inside bag, typed: "Original key to the / Salisbury Union Meetinghouse / Salisbury, N. H. / Presented by / Mrs. Austin Smith / Laconia, N. H."

Material:

Metal

Steel

Dimensions:

W-1.2 L-3.4 D-0.3 Dia-0.2 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Alice D. Smith

Subjects:

Keys (Hardware), Meetinghouses