Door lock and key

Josef Zajíc, Royal Imperial Technical School for Ornamental Ironwork

in Hradec Králové, Bohemia, 1910–1911

Forged, filed and engraved wrought iron and brass.

L: 44 cm / W: 25 cm

UMP 4110

This is the copy of the mid-18th century lock on the door to the side aisle of the deanery at Our Lady of the Snows Church in Rokycany. The left door lock has a covered German-style locking mechanism. The lengthwise rectangular cover with recesses is decorated with open brass latticework bearing decorative engravings and the number “4”, which is underlaid with blued sheet metal. The support plate is cut and grooved.

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