Key

Object Name:

Key

Object ID:

2017.014.126

Date:

circa 1850

Description:

Keys, brass. Pair of keys tied together with string.
.1 is larger key, with hollow oval ring on end. Cylindrical shaft, with smaller fore end pinned into hollow rear. Tooth is offset ~45 degrees counter clockwise, and looks like a pair of capital letter "I"s stacked on top of each other.
.2 has an oval ring with pair of overlapping circles in center. Round shaft gets larger at front, then cuts down to straight cylinder with downward facing bar and double square peg tooth.
With note (shared with 2017.014.127): "2 Brass keys - / Barn key 1854 / (yr. barn was built) / 2 house keys -".

Material:

Metal
Brass

Provenance:

Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.

Credit Line:

Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley

People:

Stone, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981)

Subjects:

Keys (Hardware)