A Puzzle to Solve: Antique G & J Gem NY Lock Co. Barrel Lock with Numbered Disks seashore photo auto calculation of shipping at

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and terrific treatment of those white sheets and pillow

the text in combination with image might be read in all sorts of ways

with a very nice patina

and I also really love most anything proudly spelling out the name of someone who lived long ago

A Puzzle to Solve: Antique G & J Gem NY Lock Co. Barrel Lock with Numbered Disks seashore photo auto calculation of shipping atSince finding an antique brass barrel type lock with rotating disk letters, I've kept an eye for others this is not that, iron steel rather than brass, and with numbers rather than letters, but still. I do not have the combination, so it is also a puzzle to be solved! (I also think that locks make nice valentines!) The numbered disks at the far ends are fixed; it is the three center disks that turn. Made by G&J Gem Lock Company, NY, late 19th c. or