Iron dolphin key pierced, chiselled and engraved from...
Iron dolphin key pierced, chiselled and engraved from the 17th century.
The ring is chiselled with two dolphins whose tails are split, in the upper part in windings finished with the heads of birds, and in the lower part in two crowbars connected by a lace.
A series of small balusters and turned vases crosses the ring and extends into a small crown also turned. The boss is a stylized quadrangular capital chiselled on the four faces of an acanthus leaf. It rests on a small ringed truncated cone. Strong stem drilled in a fluted third point. Large bit with double projecting snout, rake pierced with cruciform spinning wheels.
Masterly work well representative of 17th century French locksmithing.
Dimension: 16,5 cm - Thickness of the ring: 13 mm. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Iron dolphin key pierced, chiselled and engraved from the 17th century.
The ring is chiselled with two dolphins whose tails are split, in the upper part in windings finished with the heads of birds, and in the lower part in two crowbars connected by a lace.
A series of small balusters and turned vases crosses the ring and extends into a small crown also turned. The boss is a stylized quadrangular capital chiselled on the four faces of an acanthus leaf. It rests on a small ringed truncated cone. Strong stem drilled in a fluted third point. Large bit with double projecting snout, rake pierced with cruciform spinning wheels.
Masterly work well representative of 17th century French locksmithing.
Dimension: 16,5 cm - Thickness of the ring: 13 mm. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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