Excellent 19th C. Brass and Iron French Letter Combination Lock (Code Known) funnels arm or leg

arm or leg

such that it can be set flat on a table and rocked to one side or the other to set the steel ball in motion

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The fact that a few different companies produced these

these were sculpted around wooden head-shaped molds made for the purpose

Excellent 19th C. Brass and Iron French Letter Combination Lock (Code Known) funnels arm or legIn my world, all locks would be letter combination ones like this how much easier, and richer, to make words than to remember numbers?! I believe this is French, later 19th century, brass and iron, with these beautiful type impressed letters on the substantial weight brass dials. I found it locked but miraculously managed to figure out the combination, and will send it along (a French last name I believe) though if you'd rather approach it as a