Iron and brass padlock with rotary key, India, 19th century. Dimensions: 13 x 7 x 1.5 cm. सब सुख लहै तुम्हारी सरना। तुम रक्षक काहू को डर ना।। "All comforts are found in your refuge. You are the protector, no one has to fear". Hanuman chalisa (google translate)

Bronze horse formed from two half shells. The horse shows dynamic movement with bent front legs, thin neck and small head. A saddle and diagonal lines on the back and neck can be seen.

A pierced and engraved bronze "key" from tenth-century Bojnurd (in Khorasan), and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, may in fact be a puzzle-key lock rather than a conventional key. from the 14th-15th centuries, shows this type of lock and has a much older history than the eighteenth to nineteenth-century examples in this collection

ANCIEN CADENAS EN BRONZE ET SA CLEF

DIMENSIONS: 41 X 32 X 19 MM

4th-6th century CE. One side depicts a human male head and the second side the bust of a woman, which is a rare combination. The shackle is missing.

4th-6th century CE. Both sides depict the head of a goat. The shackle is missing.

Roman Padlock with Hasp 3rd,4th century AD. A bronze lock with U-shaped hasp, hinged female mask cover-plate. 25.36 grams, 31.32mm. Property of a collector acquired in the late 1990s

Steel birds with bent-spring mechanisms, 17th-18th centuries.

classic steel Esfahan locks with bent-spring mechanisms, 17th-18th centuries.

Bronze padlock. Russia and the Steppe. 11-14 centuries. Padlock in the form of animal figures have been known since ancient Rome. This padlock is astate. The padlock is made of two bronze parts brazed with solder. The padlock springs are made of steel. Two keys are included with the lock. Size about 4 * 4.5 cm

A Persian lock in the form of a lion,th Century the brass lion with its tail coiled back over its back, with a steel key to the front -- 2¾in. (7cm.) long overall.