Saturday, June 18, 2011

Beautifully Intricate Locks

Intricate ironwork, found at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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Designed by Franz von Stuck and found at Bremen City Hall, Germany.
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The stunning inner-workings of a chest lock in Levoča, Slovakia.
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See more lovely locks and a video of the Aubin Trophy at Locksmiths Blog. Built in 1849 the Aubin Trophy is a 3,000-piece mechanism containing 44 connected locks and keys, all of which can be turned by way of a single master key that runs down its central column.

Thanks Bruce!

5 comments:

  1. These are beautiful! You have inspird meto go through my photos as I often take pictures of handles and locks.

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  2. I'd like to see them - you should post them on your blog.

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  3. What gorgeous work!

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  4. Anonymous9:21 pm

    great find

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  5. I'm glad you folks like it.

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