Church lock with key

Royal Imperial Technical School for Ornamental Ironwork in Hradec Králové, Bohemia, 1887

Malleable iron. Three-bolt mechanism covered in a two-lobed case and a rectangular case. Openwork support plate. Auxiliary lever mechanism with a spiral handle. Case decorated with an ornamental grille made of wrought, carved sheet formed into scrolls, ribbons, and tendrils. Key case in the form of a keel arch. Plates decorated with bluing and fine engraving. On the key, the bow has been filed, the shank features a ring collar, and the bit has been filed into a meander pattern.

L: 52 cm / W: 22 cm

UMP 3569

Gift of the Royal Imperial Technical School for Ornamental Ironwork in Hradec Králové in 1887.