Description
the rectangular lock centred by a pillared door with swan neck pediment, the hinged lock cover cast in high relief with a pseudo French coat of arms, flanked by ornate openwork foliate scroll [panels, the reverse decorated in high relief with rampant whippets, the ornamented openwork square section key surmounted by a bell tower finial
Dimensions
Lock, 22 1/2cm wide, 12cm high, 6cm deep (widest point), key, 15cm long
Footnote
Provenance:
Purchased by Col. A. D. Acland, Feniton Court, Devon, from the Shandon Collection, thence by desent
Note:
This lock is featured and illustrated in 'Locks and Lockmaking', by Francis J. Butter, 1926; a signed copy of the book and inscribed to Col. Acland by the author, is included with the lot