Belt hook key chain

Description

Belt hook key chain with detachable key ring, and eight iron cabinet keys of various types, found in Loch Leven, Kinross-shire, 16th century

Museum reference

H.MJ 57

Object name

Belt hook key chain, Key, cabinet

Date

16th century

Materials

Iron

Physical description

Belt hook of iron plate with piercings and circles as decoration / iron keys

Associations

Loch Leven, Kinross-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Mary Queen of Scots (28 Jun 2013 - 17 Nov 2013)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Gentle, B., Domestic Metalwork 1640 - 1820, Woodbridge, 1994, p. 402