A Rare Victorian Lunatic Asylum Key & Weighted Pouch c.1880; ‘Asylum Cage Only’ reserved The top has a surface

The top has a surface crack as photographed with the front section having some discolouration

In the manner of Gillows

A number of Butler’s busts were posthumous portraits including that of the infant Charles William O’Malley

7 & 8 inches respectively

A Rare Victorian Lunatic Asylum Key & Weighted Pouch c.1880; ‘Asylum Cage Only’ reserved The top has a surfaceOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Length: 4. 75 Width: 2. 75 (at bow) The Pouch: 4 long The heavy Victorian period part barrel shafted iron key having an oval symmetrical bow, the bit with a large cut out, the shank with moulded waisted ripple sections, being marked Asylum Cage Only to the shank, complete with weighted black leather pouch, and surviving from the latter part of Victorian period England. The