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    Just to avoid confusion - Whitfields safe co used Mappins Patent locks. So they are one & the same ...

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    Example of Mappin’s Patent Best 8-slide safe lock as illustrated in Samuel Whitfield’s sales leaflet of 1865.
    Walter Sandell Mappin was granted his patent 20th January 1862.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails S.Whitfield & Sons. Mappin's Patent.jpg   Samuel Whitfield and Sons. Catalogue page May 20th 1865.jpg  

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    That's a particularly nice one Syd with the Mappin's patent markings as well as Whitfield's. Had a lot of those (think I've still got 4 or 5) but can't ever recall seeing any marked Mappin's, all I've got and seen only marked Whitfield & Co, mostly with just the word patent, implying that it's theirs.
    Also can't ever recall seeing an unmarked anonymous example like Richard's 4 slide lock.

    Unusual, but bearing in mind Whitfield originally used Cotterill's locks before changing to Mappin's , I'm wondering if Mappin's locks were also later churned out in numbers by other makers as was the case with the climax detectors.

    Cheers for posting that sales leaflet page- amazing to see those old prices back then and that their top of the range 12 slide double tier lock was exactly double the price of their best 8 slide safe lock -expensive stuff !

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    Thanks Huw for the comments. It’s possible that the inscription “Mappin’s Patent” on the top cap was no longer included when the name was changed to F.Whitfield & Co. by 1875.
    I cannot recall coming across another company making “copies” once the patent had expired, unlike the Cotterill lock.
    For reference I attach copy of Mappin’s 1862 patent .

    Regards Richard’s 4 slide lock I see no evidence that the “Click” feature is present , a key feature of the lock.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Mappins Patent . No140. A.D. 1862. Page 1.jpg   Mappins Patent 2-3.jpg   Mappins Patent . No140. A.D. 1862. Page 4-5.jpg   Mappins Patent. No.140. A.D. 1862. Page 6.jpg   Mappins Patent . No140. A.D. 1862. Sheet 1 -2.jpg  

    Mappins Patent . No140. A.D. 1862. Sheet 2.jpg   Mappins Patent . No140. A.D. 1862. Sheet 2-2.jpg   Mappins CLICK.jpg  

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