Cast-iron key hook in the shape of a cartouche, pierced with scrolling foliage and shell motifs, from this element hangs an acanthus leaf pendant and hook.

Key Hook

Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin, or Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

1820-1830

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