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Offline rich pierce

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Original lock
« on: January 20, 2021, 03:42:50 AM »
I picked up this lock. I’m guessing Germanic and 1740-1760, converted in Europe. The hammer engraving is whimsical and nicely done. Too bad it’s been scrubbed so, but ya take what you can get. Seller thought it was Dutch. Your thoughts on time and place?







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Andover, Vermont

Offline moseswhite

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Re: Original lock
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2021, 07:41:02 AM »
Rich , this is the lock that I messaged you about .

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Re: Original lock
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2021, 11:58:01 PM »
Shaped like a Dutch lockplate.   Like the Rabbit.   

Offline moseswhite

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Re: Original lock
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2021, 08:26:39 AM »
May I  ask the length of the lock ?

Offline rich pierce

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Re: Original lock
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2021, 06:12:58 PM »
Those are 1” squares. A tad over 5” long.
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Offline Pukka Bundook

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Re: Original lock
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2021, 06:19:30 PM »
That's a very endearing head to that hammer, Rich!
He can really see what he's shooting at!

Offline Tanselman

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Re: Original lock
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2021, 12:26:53 AM »
So is it a lion's head with mane, or a furry dog's head with no ears???    Shelby Gallien

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Re: Original lock
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2021, 02:03:14 AM »
So is it a lion's head with mane, or a furry dog's head with no ears???    Shelby Gallien

I thought it a hare's  head,  & the  handle on the hammer its ears. 

Offline Karl Kunkel

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Re: Original lock
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2021, 04:45:22 AM »
I saw a rabbit too.
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