Among the new improvements were keys with changeable bits curtain closed out around keyholes to prevent tampering alarm bells combined with the action of the bolt and puzzle or ring padlocks.
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Other items you can find in our showroom include 18th century door latches huge brass door pulls from old shops and offices ebony door knobs elaborate finger plates every conceivable pattern of keyhole cover old nails brass and steel bolts.
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As lock picking became an art in the 18th century the inventor met the challenge of the burglar with increasingly complicated locking mechanisms.
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Along with simple latches rim locks or box locks that mount onto the surface of the door were the primary locks seen on houses from the early 18th century to about 1850.
First a word about locks those mostly invisible mechanisms operated by knobs latches and levers.
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Though thumb latches continued to be used well into the 19th century by 1800 a well to do homeowner could also open a door by turning a knob.