Boscoreale, Villa Vona / lock with key (sera) / Bronze / Copper / Wood

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1959
Object Name: lock with key (sera)
Lot: Michigan State Millers' Association
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Locks; Keys
Materials: Bronze; Copper; Wood
Length: 13.9;
Width: 11.0;
Height: 7.8;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;138 g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Lock front with original nails and key(?), in fair to poor condition. Thin metal palate with similar nail with large (2.2 cm. diameter) head. The key (?) is thickly encrusted with a black and red brown mixture. Heavily corroded with blue and bright green corrosion.; 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: In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914); 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: 0000.00.1959
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1959/dscn3869.jpg

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Full citation: "Boscoreale, Villa Vona; lock with key (sera); Bronze; Copper; Wood". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1959/dscn3869.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 07, 2023.