Lock and key Baroque

Opens 27 April
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Dési van Rhee
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Forged iron locks from the 18th century are robust, hand-forged pieces of craftsmanship, often featuring complex mechanisms and decorative details such as pierced plates. They were mostly used on heavy wooden chests, such as the famous Nuremberg money chests with multi-point bolts, and on doors in castles or manor houses
Material and Technique: Fully hand-forged steel/iron, often with a rusty or patinated finish.
Many lock plates from this period are adorned with engraving or pierced decorations.
The accompanying keys are often large, heavy, and decorative, typical of the rotary-key mechanisms of the time.
Many of these locks came from regions such as Nuremberg (Germany) or Italy.
The measurements are: width of the lock 20 cm, height 11.7 cm, depth 4.3 cm
Key length 13.3 cm, handle width 4.6 cm.
And weighs 448 grams
Well packed and insured shipping with track and trace

Forged iron locks from the 18th century are robust, hand-forged pieces of craftsmanship, often featuring complex mechanisms and decorative details such as pierced plates. They were mostly used on heavy wooden chests, such as the famous Nuremberg money chests with multi-point bolts, and on doors in castles or manor houses
Material and Technique: Fully hand-forged steel/iron, often with a rusty or patinated finish.
Many lock plates from this period are adorned with engraving or pierced decorations.
The accompanying keys are often large, heavy, and decorative, typical of the rotary-key mechanisms of the time.
Many of these locks came from regions such as Nuremberg (Germany) or Italy.
The measurements are: width of the lock 20 cm, height 11.7 cm, depth 4.3 cm
Key length 13.3 cm, handle width 4.6 cm.
And weighs 448 grams
Well packed and insured shipping with track and trace

Details

Era
1400-1900
Weight
448 g
Style subtype
Baroque
Iron type
Wrought iron
Number of objects
1
Style
Antique
Country of Origin
Italy
Material
Iron
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
11.7 cm
Width
20 cm
Depth
4.3 cm
Estimated period
18th Century
Sold by
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Objects sold
Private

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