Padlock with Key

1650-1700 (Baroque)

15.6 cm 21.9 cm

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The design of this padlock differs greatly from the designs of most continental European locks of the time. The severe lines and massive bulk communicate security. The key has a cloverleaf bow and a ferrule (collar) of stacked squares set in a diamond pattern off center to th...

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Charles T. Yerkes (1837-1905), until 1905; Charles T. Yerkes Estate Sale, American Art Association, New York, 1910, no. 484; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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