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Description
Brass key used for watchman timekeeping
Keys were located on brass chains around sites and the watchman was required to visit each site and insert the key in to a portable clock to record the numbered location and time of visit on a paper roll
This is a single key numbered ' 1 ' on the bit
With the original piece of brass chain
General usage wear, knocks, marks & tarnishing
Approximately:
59mm (just over 2¼") in length key
28cm length of chain
26g combined weight
Several hundred more keys and padlocks are available in my eBay shop
