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Non-Commercial Use
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Locks & Fastenings
486
Collection
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
6
Maker
Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited
22
E.J.A. Guardmaster
22
Day & Newell
7
Bramah Security Equipment Limited
6
Eaton Yale and Towner Inc.
6
Josiah Parkes and Sons Ltd. (maker)
6
N.T. Locks Ltd. (maker)
5
Castell Locks Limited
4
Alfred Charles Hobbs
3
Chubb & Son
3
On Display
Science Museum
14
Making the Modern World Gallery
7
Secret Life of the Home Gallery
6
Object type
lock
104
padlocks
71
key - hardware
33
locks (securing devices)
24
switch
20
key
14
deadlocks
13
zippers
13
locksmith's tool
11
model - representation
10
Place
Wigan
22
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
22
Birmingham
13
Birmingham, Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
13
England
12
England, United Kingdom
12
Europe
10
France
10
Germany
8
Manhattan
8
Material
iron
71
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
63
steel (metal)
44
wood (unidentified)
15
perspex
13
bronze (copper, tin alloy)
6
electronic components
3
wood
3
Iron
2
acrylic
2
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Bramah padlock and key
"Rabbit" drawer lock, two keys, original box
1975
Abloy extra heavy duty padlock in hardened steel, with three keys
Kaba KW06 cylinder lock with three keys
Wrought iron ball padlock
Chatwood "Invincible" patent pivoted-stump safe lock
1) French 15th Century key with trefoil pierced poignee surmounted by a bar; 2) Four bronze keys
Yale lock, 1860-1970.
1860-1970
Kaba KW31 - M cylinder lock with two keys
Milner nine lever safe lock
Combination letter padlock. 19th Century
1800-1900
Key, one of five
Iron warded padlock and key c.1800
Iron ornamental Hinge
Zip fasterner
1972
Rim lock, 17th Century, one of two.
Two Indian padlocks and keys compredded barb type
Union 6-lever padlock with flat push-type key
Mortice Sash lock (Butters System of 1955) by Josiah Parkes and Sons Ltd of Willenhall
1978
Mortice deadlock (Butters System of 1955) by Josiah Parkes and Sons Ltd of Willenhall
1978
Small steel coffer with elaborate lock mechanism in lids with key
1601-1700
Hobbs "Anti violence" safe lock with key. Eight lever
Aubin "Guardian" patent floating stump safe lock.
Wrought iron ball padlock
6020 pin- tumbler cylinder mortice lock, one of two, with key.
Yale lock, 1860-1970.
1860-1970
Two zip fastners
14th Century bronze key with two identical wards facing each other, and other keys
Roman key
Kaba KW 1519 cylinder lock with keys, 1972
Brass combination puzzle padlock
1800-1900
Ring key
'Sesa' combination padlock by Abus, German, 1970
1970
Lock from a chest
1400-1500
Key, date unknown, with loose bit
Mortice locking latch with handled plate and three keys by Chubbs
Zip fastener, American, c.1900
circa 1900
Two DGI sidleen locks and keys
Brass brooch type Chinsese padlock
Original keys (2) to the Folkestone bullion store
German 17th Century shield-shaped lock plate
1600-1700
Wrought iron ball padlock
Lock, wrought-iron, Flemish (Malines)
1600-1700
Safe lock by Theodor Kromer of Freiburg Germany
Wrought iron ring padlock
Bunch of nine keys
John Tann "Reliance" patent safe lock
Standard 2 - bolt mortice lock and keys by Chubbs
Two 18th Century keys for warded locks
Wrought iron European padlock
One Mercury automatic rim dead latch
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