Posted 9 years ago
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Hi Everyone,
can anybody please help me to identify this key?
Many thanks in advance,
Emily
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Posted 9 years ago
newcomer
(15 items)
Hi Everyone,
can anybody please help me to identify this key?
Many thanks in advance,
Emily
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Very cool!
It is most likely a 19th C. chest or trunk key, less likely for a padlock and even less likely a door key. It's almost certain that all those fancy gates are just for show. The horizontal ones on the left and right are probably the only functional ones.
Hi UncleRon,
from your comment I deduct that door keys are more collectible than chest/trunk keys?
No. Quite the opposite. Old hand-made door keys are USUALLY relatively plain. Padlock keys and trunk/chest keys TEND to be fancier. (A padlock key is MORE likely to have a hole in its end (barrel key) than either of the other two.) There will, of course, be exceptions to all those statements but generally the fancier the key the more it's worth.
Very interesting! That is very valuable and useful information, thank you very much. Makes me look at keys in a completely different light now....