1522 – Charm: Brooch swastiks, horseshoe and key
- Physical description:
- Lucky charm brooch combining a key, a horseshoe and a swastika. Made from brass or similar.
- Museum classification:
- Protection
- Size:
- 18 x 35 x 5
- Information:
A visitor to the museum has provided us with some more information about the use of keys as protection and good luck charms. Her family has a long tradition of using keys and hagstones as house protection charms. For protection, the keys have to be old iron ones. Modern keys, however, can be used as good luck charms. It is also often the custom in her family to give a small gold key charm as a gift to a baby - to unlock good luck for the future.
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Metal - copper alloy
- Copyright ownership:
- Treetrunk Ltd
A visitor to the museum has provided us with some more information about the use of keys as protection and good luck charms. Her family has a long tradition of using keys and hagstones as house protection charms. For protection, the keys have to be old iron ones. Modern keys, however, can be used as good luck charms. It is also often the custom in her family to give a small gold key charm as a gift to a baby - to unlock good luck for the future.