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Message:: [QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 239057, member: 44"]I do believe the RW crown on the advertisement belongs to a royal woman because of the shape of the crown. A Queen's crown is double lobed while a king's crown is sort of dome shaped. I certainly can't tell you who the Royal Warrant belongs to on your lock because it is too worn in the pics for these old eyes to see, but it may be a double lobed crown also??? <img src="http://www.martinihenry.com/images3/kingqueencrown.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> The crown of the Royal Warrant on that Bramah's advertisement dates after 1841 because the company name says Bramah, Prestage & Ball. From that chronological history of the company website, in 1841 the "lock business was separated from the engineering business. The former because the Bramah & Co. and the latter became known as Bramah, Prestage & Ball." Soooo as the ad dates after 1841 and has a Queen's crown, it is probably Queen Vic. Welll nowwwww, call be a liar, I just stumbled on the RW of HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen mother's RW. It has a dome shape crown! <img src="http://c8.alamy.com/comp/A5649R/royal-warrant-from-the-queen-mother-and-prince-charles-outside-countrywear-A5649R.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Welllll, another thread I should have stayed out of. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/redface.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" /> --- Susan[/QUOTE]