A Rare Steel Key for The Women's Wing of The Cumberland and Westmorland Lunatic Asylum sub-Natural History Ann (nee Nicholson((

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A Rare Steel Key for The Women's Wing of The Cumberland and Westmorland Lunatic Asylum sub-Natural History Ann (nee Nicholson((Origin: EnglishPeriod: Late VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1910Length: 3. 5Width: 1. 25The weighty single steel key with turned barrel for Garlands Asylum at Carlisle, bearing the manufacturer's name of Gibbons of Wolverhampton and stamped "FEMALE, surviving from the late Victorian period. The key remains in original condition with no damages. The construction of asylums was widespread in Britain following The Lunacy Act of 1845, which