#10214 a small georgian red leather despatch box with davis’s patent lock.

A Georgian pebble Grained Leather Despatch Box C1830, the bevelled & tooled top mounted with a folding swan neck brass handle, the green velvet lined interior with raised sides.
The lock* has a secure brass diamond shaped escutcheon and is stamped Davis's Patent with King George III 's initials and his royal crown.

George Davis Patent Lock
*Based in Windsor, Berkshire, the lock maker, George Davis patented his ‘Double Chambered’ lock in 1799.
The design of this lock works in the following way:
A double-sided bitted key passes through the front aperture as normal, and then rotates anti-clockwise by 90 degrees.
The key then enters a secondary aperture leading to the lower chamber of the lock mechanism. It is within this lower chamber that the actual locking mechanism resides.
The key makes contact with a rotating disc inset with pins and raised ridges, and can then be turned further anti-clockwise, deploying the sliding bolt at the 100-180 degree mark.

Antiques.co.uk Ref: QEDYKC3PV

Width (cm):

31

Height (cm):

11.5

Depth (cm):

13.5

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Gerald Mathias Fine Antique Boxes

Gerald Mathias Fine Antique Boxes. I have been a dealer at Antiquarius in the Kings Road for more than twenty five years until 2006 when I moved to The Old Cinema in Chiswick and continued specialising in Fine Georgian, Victorian & Edwardianhttps://www.antiques.co.uk/antique/10121-A-Victorian-Black-Leather-Despatch-Box-The-Private-Secretary  & antique leather boxes. My stock includes Country House Post Letter Boxes, Writing Boxes, Despatch Boxes, antique jewellery, Victorian office, & Desk & antique Library accessories.

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