Rim Lock and Key from a Chest Made for Henry VIII

1500-1510 (Tudor)

17.7 cm 25.5 cm

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This splendid rim lock for a chest bears the emblems of King Henry VIII of England and was made by a court locksmith. The royal emblems include the crown with two fleurs-de-lis flanking the cross of St. George. The double rose behind the crown is an emblem of the Tudors, Henry...

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Thomas Astle [English antiquarian], England; Horace Walpole, Strawberry Hill, Middlesex, England, before 1788, by gift; Sale, Strawberry Hill, May 19, 1842 [lot 91); Mr. Webb of Bond Street; Jeffrey Whitehead, London; Harding, London; William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931.
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