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<p>[QUOTE="Cereus17, post: 9699672, member: 84316"]It is a bit of a mystery. I'm having fun trying to do the research. I've tried to find out at what earliest approximate date a small half mortise lock such as this could have used a flat key. So far I haven't found any kind of reference. (There must be forums for lock geeks somewhere out there....)</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd actually be fine if the box turned out to be a later (1930s) homage to late 19th century boxes. But it seems to me that the maker would then have been sure to use an older style / barrel key style lock. Certainly they were still readily available in the 30s....</p><p>Will post more pics. Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cereus17, post: 9699672, member: 84316"]It is a bit of a mystery. I'm having fun trying to do the research. I've tried to find out at what earliest approximate date a small half mortise lock such as this could have used a flat key. So far I haven't found any kind of reference. (There must be forums for lock geeks somewhere out there....) I'd actually be fine if the box turned out to be a later (1930s) homage to late 19th century boxes. But it seems to me that the maker would then have been sure to use an older style / barrel key style lock. Certainly they were still readily available in the 30s.... Will post more pics. Thanks.[/QUOTE]
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