Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock folk art doll depicted here at lower right

depicted here at lower right

all of which this one definitely is

which presents no issues

as will the ball

as well as pretty rare

Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock folk art doll depicted here at lower rightI 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