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[against the wind]

I bought my homestead 2 years ago. It is in the Pennsylvania Wilds and the house was built in 1905.
Today I started cleaning the loft in the barn. Lots of of old rotting wood, cardboard boxes, holiday decorations, etc. All of it will go to the burn pile.
Then I spotted this in a broken piece of wood that obviously was once part of a door.
It is a brass mortice lock and plates. Probably the original house lock.
I cut it out with my circular saw and will definitely be looking for a skeleton key.

 

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[xaos]

Are you sure this is brass?

Recessed like this, it was for a pocket door, not a main entrance door. Notice there is no through hole for the doorknob assembly.

What does other side look like? (same but without keyhole?)



http://www.centralazdining.com/vint...h-antique-pocket-doors-for-sale-antique-home/

 

[A2coins]

Thats a cool find with some significance to you and your home Nice

 

[rcb187]

nice find!

 

[RVRoamer74]

Cool find in the barn loft. Congrats!

 

[cambria09]

Hello ATW. Nice one. Interesting to see an intact kind of item that I find pieces of from time to time. The design on that thing is too rite.

Thanks for the post and Good Luck out there. C9

 

[weregolf]

Nice relic

 

[Darke]

Like xaos said it's for a pocket door. It looks like a privacy lock so the key has to be used from both sides. They're usually plated steel. They tend to sell for well over $100 complete so good find.

 

[wainzoid]

old holiday decorations are very collectable, careful what you throw away! I go to estate auctions all the time, that stuff can bring crazy money.

 

[Squirrel322]

Xaos is 100% correct. Its for a pocket door.

Thats a button on the bottom of the end that engages the lock plate. When pushed it pops out a small handle/hoop (large recessed piece directly above) which is used to pull the door out when its fully recessed into the wall.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[against the wind]

Are you sure this is brass?

Recessed like this, it was for a pocket door, not a main entrance door. Notice there is no through hole for the doorknob assembly.

What does other side look like? (same but without keyhole?)

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Those are pictures of both sides.
I didn't even think about the hole for the doorknob.
Thank you for pointing it out.

 

[ARC]

ATW...

Yours is a real one... the ones pictured by xaos are modern re-pops.

Apples and oranges.

Great find.

Key IS the knob.

 

[against the wind]

Thank you AARC,, I have gotten quite an education from Tnet.

 

[Reanm8er]

Classy stuff Deplorable! Barn finds are always interesting.

Best wishes.

 

[islamoradamark]

ITS cool to find things you just say Whaaaaaaaaaaaat

 

[Whyme]

Very cool! Congrats! Glad you noticed it and didn't just throw in in the burn pile.

 

[peruna]

beautiful lockset...great save!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Awesome relic, congrats!

 

[Inspector]

Awesome piece of vintage hardware, great condition, nice save