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FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE 20TH CENTURY
Lot 81:
A collection of seven small locks of varying origin and design. A brief description of each will be listed below.
1. An iron padlock with a ring-like shackle and, at first, no obvious place in which to insert a key. The trick is to press inward on the panel on one of the skinny sides of the lock, said panel actually being a secret button. When pressed one of the large sides will swing open, revealing a cruciform keyhole.
2. A bronze padlock which is identical in nearly every manner to lock 1, with the primary difference being that this lock is still accompanied by its key.
3. A spherical iron lock with an almost horseshoe shaped shackle.
4. A carved bone lock with florally shaped discs which must be rotated to release the shackle.
5. A circular brass lock with incised concentric circular decoration. Includes key.
6. A circular brass lock with vertical, incised panels on each side as well as incised circular decoration. The keyhole is hidden behind one of the vertical panels.
7. The last and largest of all the locks in this collection. Made of white brass and shaped in an unusual and striking manner, almost like a fleur-de-lis, but thicker.
Longest: 1 1/8 in., (2.9 cm.)
Condition: Very good overall. Two locks retain keys. All seem to function well.
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