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A rare and fine chest lock, Spanish, 16th century
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- h.21cm., w.15.5cm.
wrought iron, the finely worked clasp with an angel within an architectural niche, with cut out tracery all over, the bolts in the form of Gothic pilasters on Solomonic columns, the lower corners with scallop shells, (possibly for St James of Compostella), lacking keyhole guard
Catalogue Note
For a comparative lock with later hasp see Henry René D'Allemagne, Decorative Antique Ironwork from Le Secq des Tournelles Museum of Rouen, Dover Edition, 1968, pl.39.