Key

Object Name:

Key

Object ID:

1979.033.120

Date:

circa 1916

Description:

Keys from Upham-Walker House, Concord, NH. Small chamois bag with textile woven cord closure stamped in blue ink: "CLASS DAY / YALE / 1916". Contains five similar cast steel keys, and one smaller brass key.

Steel keys: oval bow with small bulge on side opposite shank. Short, increasing tapered shank on side of bow that goes to small decorative raised bands. Straight shank leads to slightly increasing diameter with flat, smaller diameter end. Beyond that, short conical section with straight shank that terminates in small groove and rounded end. Shank length from stop edge: 0.94". Shank diameter: 0.26". Rectangular bit: 0.47" long. Width of bit and shank: 1". From end, bit increasing straight tapered side to rounded bottom edge. Small dimple in end of each shank. Bits have variety of horizontal and vertical grooves. One key has small groove on bottom back edge of bit. One key has single decorative treatment at stop edge by bit.

Cast brass bit key: oval bow, small bulges on each of long sides. From one side of bow, increasing taper shank that leads to a couple decorative grooves. Shank then is straight but increases to small bell-shape area with groove followed by flat-sided cylinder. Beyond that, straight shank with bit protruding from bottom side. End of shank is pointed cone. Shank length from stop edge to end: 0.71" Shank diameter: 0.26". Width of bit end shank: 0.66". From conical end, bit increasing taper toward slightly rounded bottom. Single grooves in front and back surfaces of bit. Longitudinal groove on left side of bit.

Material:

Metal
Iron
Steel
Brass
Textile

Dimensions:

W-1.5 L-3.3 D-0.3 inches

Provenance:

From Upham-Walker House, Concord, NH.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, In Memory of Walter C. and Louise Kimball Jenkins.

People:

Walker, Sheafe (1888-1978), Walker, Charles R. (1852-1922)

Subjects:

Keys (Hardware)