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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 9793880, member: 4654&quot;]Yes your box is English,only the lock is French, Coromandel (ebony family) is extinct, rosewood is still used (only in India and not exported) I suspect the lock was recently addressed as it looks like hard wax was used to fill the holes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most boxes don&#039;t come with keys either original or working replacements, so the only way is finding a key that fits. There is normally a rod inside the lock that the key revolves round when you turn the key, you first need a key that has the same sized hole that fits the rod secondly the key wards need to also fit inside the key hole, 3rd the key needs to turn the tumbler in both directions, always try the key with a open lid. </p><p>Nearly all my boxes have replacement keys that I have replaced, I find them by buying large batches of antique keys and trying them, never force a lock, it should turn easily. </p><p>I think I was lucky to find such a large batch of antique keys with so many box keys in the batch, from memory I think the batch cost around £60 with 250 keys around 100 being small enough for boxes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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