Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock folk art doll 1930s I would guess

1930s I would guess

I purchased it at an estate sale in Weston

Ten buttons total

as will the ball

as well as pretty rare

Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock folk art doll 1930s I would guessI 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