Boscoreale, Villa Vona / hinge (sera) / Bronze / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1957
Object Name: hinge (sera)
Lot: Michigan State Millers' Association
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Hinges; Locks
Materials: Bronze; Copper
Length: 8.6;
Width: 6.6;
Height: ;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;37 g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Lock front in fair to poor condition. Made of very thin metal. Three screw heads remain, and one screw shaft, made of iron and rusty, is also extant. A great deal of powdery green and brown corrosion on bronze.; Gazda: Lock plate. Bronze.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 1st C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Boscoreale, Villa Vona
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Condition Notes: Bronze disease treatment, 1972.
Exhibition Title: Case 31 - Locks & Bolts
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.1957
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1957/dscn3862.jpg

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Full citation: "Boscoreale, Villa Vona; hinge (sera); Bronze; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1957/dscn3862.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.