Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

A brass key made in an older style of key. The handle is an oval and the stem of the key has raised lines circling it. The very end has the projection for the key.

Made from:

Metal

Made in:

USA

Date made:

ca. 1817

Size:

11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

14.127

Class:

METAL

Signature marks:

TAG attached to key: Key from Capitol Period of Benj. Latrobe c. 1817

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973