Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock character Original varnish finish

Original varnish finish

definitely with some age to it

Another portrait by Edwin Kosarek

withsome scattered small dark marks to the surface of the paint

This carved wolf looks like quite a stalker

Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock character Original varnish finishI 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