Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock character arching in opposite directions on

arching in opposite directions on either side

with a bit of darkening to the boxwood (which is buttery smooth and just gorgeous) of the exterior

nice and simple and suiting it very well I think

Another portrait by Edwin Kosarek

I can't quite decipher the name of the artist written on the front of this notebook

Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock character arching in opposite directions onI found an antique letter dial lock of this sort a year or two ago, and have been looking for another since so lovely, and why ever would we have decided it was better to remember numbers than letters words??? 18th or perhaps 19th century French, brass and iron steel, with a nice weight to it, and satisfying tension to the turning of the dials when one gets close to lining up the letters that unlock it. And with a star among the letters on the fifth