Lock
John Draper
Category
Fixtures and fittings
Date
1692
Materials
Brass
Measurements
127 x 225 x 100 mm
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485998
Summary
A brass lock by John Draper, circa 1692, and faintly engraved with a phoenix, with a knob for the sliding lock, and an engraved keyhole cover.
Provenance
By descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.
Makers and roles
John Draper, locksmith