Chest lock with guide

Central Europe, second half of 16th century

Malleable iron. Two-lever mechanism with a key guide riveted to a rectangular support plate. Cover molten into a fan-shaped foliage motif and decorated with grooving. Oval case for a hollow-shank key.

H: 24 cm / W: 23 cm

UMP 3157

Purchased from collector A. Dillinger of Vienna in 1886.