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Chamberlain's key in chased and gilded iron with...

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Chamberlain's key in chased and gilded iron with the figure of the Emperor of Austria. The ring is made of a round sectioned rod, drawing an upside down heart, closing on a thick chiselled boss of a monogram surmounted by an imperial crown. Drilled cylindrical stem finished of a small bit pierced with a larmed cross. Chamberlain's key with the figure of Maria Theresa and Emperor Franz I of Austria. Circa 1745. Height: 18.5 cm Reference: A similar model appears in the collection Le Secq des Tournelles, pl. 89. Die Schatzkammer des Deutschen ordens, VDG 2015, p. 71, no. 53.