Record ID: IOW-40F838
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval-Modern cast copper alloy barrel tap key or winding key, c.AD 1700-1950. This key was used to wind a clock or other mechanism. The key has an oval bow, which is integral to a solid cylindrical stem.The terminal at the end of the stem has an integral triangular bit with a triangular hole and flanges on the outside. Other examples on the database have similar construction, but some have different shaped bits, (circular or trilobed). Compare PUBLIC-6B9E0E, PUBLIC-1108A1,  LANCUM-ECF31B and ESS-6F2FE5. The latter notes that "Similar examples are published…
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8DB533
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy watch or clock winder. A circular plate containing four small holes and one larger hole for suspension, now merged with one of the four decorative holes. The base of the plate has a lug which fits through a bar. The opposite end of the bar is broken. Originally the end of the bar would have had arm at right angles to it, serving as a winding key. The item has an even light green colour. Watch winders are discussed by Gordon Bailey, Detector Finds 2, Greenlight Publishing, Witham, 2001, page 26-7. Winders with the right angled plate at one end and a righ…
Created on: Tuesday 16th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8D7ABA
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy watch or clock winder. A trefoil plate with one lobe open for suspension, now broken, with a lug at the opposite end which passes through the spherical terminal of a cast round bar. The other end of the bar retains a short hollow arm at right angles to it, serving as a winding key, with a short continuation beyond this, now broken. The plate bears a stamped shell motif on both sides. The item has an even mid brown colour. An identical watch winder is shown in Detector Finds 2, by Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing, Witham, 2001, page 26-7, item 4.
Created on: Tuesday 16th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-3F7850
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy probable clock or watch key dating to the post medieval-modern period. The key has a oval shaped bow, which is rectangular in section. Its shaft is also rectangular in section with a flat edges, and tapers inwards to a point. There are grooves either side of the edges near the end of the shaft. Length: 20mm, width: 15mm, thickness: 5mm and weight: 3.71g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4683
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small key which was probably used for winding a clock or similar. It has much in common with late medieval/early post-medieval casket keys, being rather crudely shaped out of oval-section copper alloy. The bow is circular and the stem tapers to a hexagonal terminal that was presumably originally a socket. It seems unlikely that such a key would have been needed in the late medieval world, so it is probably early post-medieval in date.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2001
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK SHIMPLING', grid reference and parish protected.