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Victorian Campaign Oak and Brass Two-Decanter Box with Bramah Lock

$2,633.34per set
£1,900per set
€2,259.31per set
CA$3,656.22per set
A$3,666.33per set
CHF 2,121.17per set
MX$44,643.49per set
NOK 24,615.52per set
SEK 25,088.91per set
DKK 16,891.31per set

About the Item

A handsome Victorian oak decanter box of compact proportions, strengthened with brass banding and retaining its two cut glass decanter bottles. The hinged lid opens to a rich purple leather-lined interior with the maker’s details embossed to the inner lid, “Granswick, 59 Piccadilly”. The box is fitted with a padlock stamped “Bramah London”, a desirable and recognised maker of fine locks, adding an extra layer of quality and period interest. Both decanters sit neatly within the fitted interior, and the overall presentation makes this an attractive and practical piece for a bar, study, library or drinks cabinet. The warm oak, mellow brass and clear cut glass create a refined Victorian look while remaining highly decorative. The Bramah lock was created by Joseph Bramah in 1784. The lock employed the first known high-security design. After attending some lectures on technical aspects of locks, Bramah designed a lock of his own, receiving a patent for it in 1784. In the same year he started the Bramah Locks company at 124 Piccadilly, London. The locks produced by his company were famed for their resistance to lock picking and tampering, and the company famously had a "challenge lock" displayed in the window of their London shop from 1790, mounted on a board containing the inscription: The artist who can make an instrument that will pick or open this lock shall receive 200 guineas the moment it is produced. The Great Exhibition 1851 The challenge stood for over 67 years until, at the Great Exhibition of 1851, the American locksmith Alfred Charles Hobbs was able to open the lock and, following some argument about the circumstances under which he had opened it, was awarded the prize. Hobbs' attempt required about 51 hours, spread over 16 days. The Challenge Lock is in the Science Museum in London. An examination of the lock shows that it has been rebuilt since Hobbs picked it. Originally it had 18 iron slides and 1 central spring; it now has 13 steel slides, each with its own spring. Bramah received a second patent for a lock design in 1798. The Bramah lock used a cylindrical key and keyhole, as does the current lock. The end of the key has a number of slots of different depths which, when inserted into the lock and pressed against spring tension, would depress a number of wafers to a specified depth and enable the key to turn and open the lock. The original shared some similarities with a modern tubular pin tumbler lock, but used fixed wafers instead of two-part pins. The original Bramah lock had 18 different wafers, which allowed for 470 million possible permutations. The lock's innovative design presented a unique engineering challenge to create tools capable of making the different parts involved. Bramah worked extensively with an engineer named Henry Maudslay to create a number of different machine tools for working with the cylindrical key and lock.
  • Creator:
    Joseph Bramah (Maker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8.67 in (22 cm)Width: 9.85 in (25 cm)Depth: 5.91 in (15 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 3
  • Style:
    Sheraton (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Brass,Cut Glass,Oak,Silk,Inlay
  • Place of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Period:
    19th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    19th century
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Antique condition with age-related wear consistent with period use. Brass lightly cleaned. Please note any minor wear to the lining, glass, stoppers, and lock function if needed.
  • Seller Location:
    Reading, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: KF fs all**1stDibs: LU8232251183542

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