Very old lock

[Confused x 2]

Found this today. It was at a house dating back to the early 1800's. Any ideas? Should I use a wire grinding brush to clean it?

 

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[Relicific]

Yup that looks old to me.
Nice

 

[relic lover]

Soaking in apple cider vinegar

sent from my computer by frantically poking at the keyboard with a single finger

 

[Engineer in MD]

No wire brushes, yet. Electrolysis if its iron. Check with the Tnet restoration experts. Canonballguy knows a lot about electrolysis.

 

[vpnavy]

1st - I noticed this was your very first post Confused - so, Welcome Aboard! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forums: Select Your Area.... and selecting location information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country).

2nd - I moved this request from Today's Finds! over to What Is It? for more exposure.

 

[Confused x 2]

Done.