Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock earthy vintage pottery vase with no loose seams that

with no loose seams that I can see

and they are in great condition

with a marvelous patina of use and wear

as if his head is raised in advance of emitting a primal scream

1795 on the plate (and I've learned that Thomas Jefferson had a set with the exact same pattern) and the repair

Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock earthy vintage pottery vase with no loose seams thatI found an antique letter dial lock of this sort a year or two ago, and have been looking for another since so lovely, and why ever would we have decided it was better to remember numbers than letters words??? 18th or perhaps 19th century French, brass and iron steel, with a nice weight to it, and satisfying tension to the turning of the dials when one gets close to lining up the letters that unlock it. And with a star among the letters on the fifth