Lock

Object Name:

Lock

Object ID:

1961.105

Place of Origin:

Exeter, NH

Description:

Door lock set, Exeter, NH. Wood and steel. Surface-mounted, deadbolt door lock set. Dark colored hardwood face with steel parts. Wood painted medium-gray color. Worn and flaked areas of paint along bottom and top edges. Four holes in corners of body. Bottom right corner hole partially blocked with paint and some type of filler. Bottom center is vertical keyhole with round portion at top and slightly triangular section below it. Two small round-head brads above keyhole under paint. On back is horizontal iron deadbolt with two notches in top surface. Deadbolt slides in slot in wood. Rectangular slot above it in central section, which houses spring mechanism that is folded strip of iron that placed into small slot in upper right hand corner. A leaf of the spring presses down on pawl that engages in the small grooves in top of deadbolt bar. Three sheet-metal plates on back surface that are held in place by small tacks. These hold deadbolt mechanism in place. One plate also has keyhole in it to allow key to partially pass through lock. Behind keyhole plate is another plate with small flange around circular hole. Sheet iron pieces on back surfaces are roughly rectangular. Pencil inscription: "EXETER" with long double underline near top center. Upper right quadrant pencilled, "Gift of / Eaton Clapp / 10-18-61".

Material:

Metal
Iron
Wood

Dimensions:

H-4.4 W-5.9 D-0.95 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Eaton C. Clapp