Escutcheons

Object/Artifact

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Escutcheons

Entry/Object ID

2011.253.5

Description

Eight rectangular escutcheons of varying sizes. Each escutcheon has a circular hole towards one end, and a keyhole towards the other end. Six escutcheons have four small holes, one in each corner, for securing to the door; the other two escutcheons have two small holes, one centered at each end.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Escutcheon

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Finish Hardware

Nomenclature Class

Building Components

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

998A

Dimensions

Width

2-1/4 in

Length

7 in

Dimension Notes

For the 4 large escutcheons.

Width

1-7/8 in

Length

5-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

For the 2 medium escutcheons.

Width

1-1/2 in

Length

5-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

For the 2 smaller escutcheons.

Materials

Material

Metal

Material Notes

Brass

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Professor Lawrence

Acquisition Method

Gift