Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock earthy vintage pottery vase as if his head is

as if his head is raised in advance of emitting a primal scream

I believe these date from the 1960s and were made in Czechoslovakia

with a marvelous patina of use and wear

and they are in great condition

the tintype lies flat

Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock earthy vintage pottery vase as if his head isI 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