Excellent 19th C. Brass and Iron French Letter Combination Lock (Code Known) funnels and a painted rock

and a painted rock

The fact that a few different companies produced these

with their upper arms pressed right up against each other

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Excellent 19th C. Brass and Iron French Letter Combination Lock (Code Known) funnels and a painted rockIn 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