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<p>[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9750017, member: 4654"]Questioning the expertise and being hostile isn't the right way to go Sugar. This isn't (IMHO lol) a site of academics and historians waiting with baited breath to answer questions in a straightforward and forthright manor without deviation, that being said, it is a site full of collectors and dealers who have centuries of knowledge spanning the vast subject of antiques and as you are asking for their help a little patience and humility might see you get somewhere. </p><p>As for the key, seeing as you can't find the company listed I suspect it was just one of the 1000's of lock manufactures that weren't important enough to be registered and logged onto the internet for Posterity (this happens) </p><p>So unless you can find someone who knows exactly (doubtful) an opinion will be the best you can do, and in my opinion the key isn't that old going by the rounded end and the fake double bow, it probably fits a rim door lock from the 1940's but could be as old as 1900 or as late 1960's.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9750017, member: 4654"]Questioning the expertise and being hostile isn't the right way to go Sugar. This isn't (IMHO lol) a site of academics and historians waiting with baited breath to answer questions in a straightforward and forthright manor without deviation, that being said, it is a site full of collectors and dealers who have centuries of knowledge spanning the vast subject of antiques and as you are asking for their help a little patience and humility might see you get somewhere. As for the key, seeing as you can't find the company listed I suspect it was just one of the 1000's of lock manufactures that weren't important enough to be registered and logged onto the internet for Posterity (this happens) So unless you can find someone who knows exactly (doubtful) an opinion will be the best you can do, and in my opinion the key isn't that old going by the rounded end and the fake double bow, it probably fits a rim door lock from the 1940's but could be as old as 1900 or as late 1960's.[/QUOTE]
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