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New member needing help determining type of Hobbs lock please
Hi everyone, I volunteer at a local history museum in Worcestershire and have recently found a bag of various brass locks and accessories to accession into our collection. I have attached photos - they are stamped 'Patent Protector 1879 Hobbs & Co' along with a royal crest. Two have an extra stamp on their reverse of the letter L and one has the number 77. Dimensions of all three are 8cm x 3cm x 1.5cm deep. I wondered if anyone could confirm the type of locks they are, if they are incomplete, or where they would have been used for example a bank? No one at the museum knows where they came from or who donated them as they seem to have been lounging around in old boxes waiting to be looked at for some time now.
I suspect they were common locks at one time but would really appreciate any further information you all could give me.
Thanks in advance.