Record ID: SUSS-077F08
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval to modern copper alloy object, probably a keyhole cover dating c. 1650-1800. The object comprises an elongated, flat, trapezoidal plate with a circular knop at the apex. The lower edge of the plate is slightly convex and the upper surface is decorated with a stamped pair of vertically aligned ring and dot motifs, each formed of three concentric annulets. The reverse is plain and thicker at the circular projection or attachment end, where there is a circular scar from rotation. The metal surface is dark brown. Measusurements: total length: 56.09mm; width: 23.06mm; thic…
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-E654ED
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, mount or lock plate (keyhole fitting) from a casket or furniture of late Medieval or early Post-Medieval date, about AD 1500 -1700. It is in the form of a keyhole escutcheon. It is a flat plate of copper alloy with iron corroded to the reverse. The main body is broadly rectangular in plan with a straight lower edge and two indentations on the long sides. The indentations on the sides are of two different sizes, the two upper ones being larger and rounder than the two below. The keyhole has a circular upper aperture, extending into an S shape at the lower end. …
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: IOW-691A8F
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval-Post Medieval cast lead alloy keyhole fitting, c.AD 1400-1700. This is the front plate of a keyhole fitting cast as a single piece. The plate is sub-rectangular in plan with fleur-de-lis knops at each end. There is a raised edge to the plate and a stippled central area where the keyhole sits. The wear on this item make it unclear whether this stippling is the remains of more complex decorations. The keyhole itself is an unusual shape. The keyhole has two lobes where the bit would slot in, set at a 90 degree angle, meaning the lock was designed for the key to be inserte…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-A0BC85
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy mount consisting of three hollow-backed lobes and two transverse ribs with the remains of an iron shank in a hole through one, slightly wider end. Probably a keyhole cover from a casket or box. Very similar  NMS-EB6E62, NMS-598DC8, PUBLIC-E78B81, SWYOR-8FB294 and NLM-3A0273. Weight 2.32g. Length 29.5mm. Width 8.4mm. Thickness 3mm. Mid 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: IOW-40B662
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Modern stamped copper alloy keyhole facing, c.AD 1900-1950. A complete keyhole plate, advertising the maker. There are 4 small holes, one in each corner, to attach this plate to the door. This plate includes a top decorative knop that bears a royal coat of arms, denoting they have a royal license, around the keyhole itself is the legend: SANDERS PATENTED NO. 30 CARPENTER MANUFACTURER
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-2E75AD
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Mediaeval copper-alloy key-hole cover. The remnant is convex pyriform (pear-shaped) with a knop at the base, and the reverse being concave. The top end has been broken off, now missing, and would have had a projection with a fitting hole. It has a brownish patina and showing some wear. Approximate date from AD1650 to AD1900. Length 25mm, width 14.4mm, height 7.7mm, thickness 1.8mm, weight 4.37g.
Created on: Saturday 14th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Welbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-68B4BA
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy and iron object, possibly a keyhole cover of Post Medieval to Modern date, AD 1700 - 1900. It is a sub-rectangular plate, with concave sides, and roken at the lower, wider end. At the top the plate narrower to a rounded knop, partially obscured by iron corrosion. The object is 21.4mm long, 106mm wide, 6.4mm thick and weighs 2.54g. Compare KENT-D8C08C and  IOW-E456B0.
Created on: Monday 24th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Record ID: IOW-B68AB9
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval keyhole escutcheon plate of coper alloy, c.AD 1800-1900. This object consists of half of an oval plate with a single hole at the base of the plate. The plate has stamped and engraved decoration between two raised concentric ribs.
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A2C474
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy incomplete sub-trapezoid keyhole plate of uncertain date, probably Post Medieval, AD 1500 - 1900. It is a thin sheet of copper alloy. In the centre is a sub-rectangular hole, with one end rounded and the other end being a narrow slot. The edges of the hole are damaged. There are three fixing holes, one in each corner, which have been punched through the metal from one face. Length 57.5mm; width at widest point 46.7mm; thickness 1.6mm and weight 5.86g. Though there are Early Medieval finds reported from the area, a Medieval or Post Medieval date is more li…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-8FB294
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy keyhole fitting; a keyhole cover, dating from the Post Medieval period, about AD 1650 - 1900. It has a central, oval body at each end of which is a smaller rounded knop, rounded at the outer ends. It is wider at one end than the other. The mount is convex on the front face. The central body is undecorated, however there is a raised collar at each end between the central part and the rounded lobe terminals. One of the ends is larger than the other and contains the remains of a iron rivet. The reverse is concave in the centre and the ends are flat. The mount…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
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Record ID: LIN-576FA4
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Post Medieval copper alloy key escutcheons dating to c. 1500 – 1800. The escutcheons are made out of flat sheet metal, broadly triangular in shape, with five stamped-out circular and sub-circular apertures around three sides. The central keyhole is triangular wth a rounded upper edge. The two escutcheons appear to be the mirror image of each other and were probably attached to the same receptacle. One of the fittings is slightly bent. Length: 41.85 mm; Width: 28.78 mm; Thickness: 1.45 mm; Weight: 3.81g Bent escutcheon: Length: 34.23 mm; Width: 30.77 mm; Thickness:…
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th November 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-681392
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy mount or fitting, possibly a hooked mount used on a sword belt probably dating from AD 1500-1700, or a furniture fitting, likely to be a keyhole cover of AD 1600 - 1900. It has a flat pointed oval plate with a sideways projecting angular collar with concave sides elongated to a break. It could have extended to a hook or a swivelling rivet for attachment to a keyhole. The front face is bevelled. On the rear, there are patches of corrosion which could be very worn rivets, but these are not clear enough to be certain which is why a keyhole cover seems the more …
Created on: Friday 14th August 2020
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Record ID: BERK-42F393
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy key escutcheon dating to c. 1500 – 1800. The escutcheon is chip carved lozenge-shaped and the plate appears to have been hand sawn from a copper alloy pate and then chip carved. Each edge has been cut with concave and triangular forms with drilled and countersunk fixing holes to each corner. The plate is decorated with an incised floral design consisting of; six petalled flower atop stems to the left and right of the keyhole, and central arching stems and leaves rising around the keyhole, topped by a radiant daisy like flower head. The surface has a smo…
Created on: Sunday 19th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
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Record ID: LIN-8F2A5A
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy keyhole fitting. It probably dates from the post-medieval to modern period, c.1600-1800. It is a furniture or door fitting in the form of a decorative plate which would surround a keyhole or lock cylinder. It is sub-circular in shape with an incurving bottom edge and a worn irregular break at the top. The top left side has a single lobe. The keyhole is 18.9 mm high with a circular top (diameter 8.57 mm) and lower half of a triangle, the base of which is 8.30 mm wide, joined below. On the front surface, the keyhole is surrounded by two parallel raised line…
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 6th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cumberworth area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-D8C08C
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (1500-1800) keyhole cover, cast copper alloy plate. Symmetrical in shape on the vertical, with a knop at either end. The top one has a projecting boss on the underside of which a 4.67mm diameter, integral stud, its end expanded to rivet it to a plate. The lower two thirds is a waisted sub rectangle (21.23mm-16.97mm-21.23mm wide x24.64mm long); the upper third surmounts this with a centrally placed indentation (width: 11.24mm), that widens out to 14.94mm, after 6.6mm narrowing to form an elongated neck (8.15mm wide x 9.56mm long). Length: 52.52mm, Width: shoulder a…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2017
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Record ID: IOW-E456B0
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy keyhole cover (c. 1830-c. 1837). This cover is flat and has curvilinear sides. At the front it has stamped crowned initials: W R (probably William IV). This object is corroded and is pale brown with flecks of a dark green patina. There is a break at each end. Length: 35.6mm; width: 17.7mm; thickness: 1.3mm. Weight: 3.53g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-BBB1BF
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy flat-sectioned mount consisting of the remains of a keyhole-shaped plate with small pierced lobe at the apex, lower end broken. Probably a keyhole cover from a casket or box. Face decorated with stamped annulets. Extant length 29mm. Width 24mm. Thickness of plate 0.4mm. 17th-early 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-A9ED5D
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval keyhole cover, cast copper alloy plate, made up of two conjoined circles with angled projections between them. The decoration is reserved consisting of two stylised plant motifs separated by a chevron. At one end is a projecting boss on the underside of which as a 4.5mm diameter, integral stud, its end expanded to rivet it to a plate. The underside bear traces of iron corrosion products. This object is not easly dated but a post Medieval-early Modern date is likely. Length 45.0mm, Width 26.5mm, Thickness 3.3mm, Mass 15.66g.
Created on: Monday 4th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E78B81
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy cover for a keyhole, convex at the front and concave in the centre on the reverse. It has a pierced rounded terminal at one end, with the remains of a iron rod through it. This is followed by a ridge running across the full width of the object and projecting slightly to either side. The convex lobe is in the centre, and is roughly drop-shaped, narrowing to another transverse ridge (this time slimmer and shorter) before finally ending with a small circular knop at the end. The fitting has a green patina and is 29.53mm long, 8.57mm wide, is 2.64mm thick and weighs 1.…
Created on: Saturday 26th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-DB2908
Object type: KEYHOLE FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy flat-sectioned mount consisting of an ovoid plate with transverse collared pointed lobe at both ends, one with rivet-hole containing remains of copper alloy rivet. Perhaps a keyhole cover from a casket or box. Length 38.5mm. Width 10.5mm. Thickness of plate 2.5mm, of lobes 3mm. Late 16th - 17th century,
Created on: Monday 9th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2015
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