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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nvntivs, post: 497348, member: 7975&quot;]Good evening everyone!</p><p>Here I am again … sooner than usual but well… this one is again a little tricky.</p><p>I beg your pardon for the smaller pics.&nbsp; I still deliberate wether to purchase this desk, so I can only rely on pics sent to me by the owner.</p><p>Why this desk may be amazing – because it has all locks made by hobbs &amp; co.</p><p>Everything else looks rather casual 19th century for me. However there are some issues.</p><p>First of all, as far as I know, “hobbs &amp; co” was a marking used by this company even up to the 20th century despite other names officially added to the actual name. The lock is marked machine made, this is not a disqualifying feature for the 19th century but still…</p><p>AND, the shape of the lock bolt… I am not sure if this shape was used in England before the late 19th ct. As far as I recall most of the locks I’ve seen dated earlier had the 2 or 3 smaller lock-bolts.</p><p>However, the keys (look second part) do have a resemblance to the Chubb detector lock <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubb_detector_lock" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubb_detector_lock" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubb_detector_lock</a>&nbsp; (the shape of both teeth and stem)</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not see any veneer, but even if there was any, I doubt it would help to indicate the age, since in England after 1851/1852 (the years when Hobbs created his lock company) they already used pretty thin ones…</p><p><br /></p><p>Now as usual – thrilled to learn your opinions!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]163972[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163973[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163974[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163975[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163976[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163977[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163978[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163979[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163980[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]163981[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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