A Puzzle to Solve: Antique G & J Gem NY Lock Co. Barrel Lock with Numbered Disks seashore photo with a very nice patina

with a very nice patina

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including lots of beautiful old textiles

in reference to the popular belief that Jerome had tamed a lion in the wilderness by healing its paw

visible through a little cutout window at the center of either side

A Puzzle to Solve: Antique G & J Gem NY Lock Co. Barrel Lock with Numbered Disks seashore photo with a very nice patinaSince finding an antique brass barrel type lock with rotating disk letters, I've kept an eye for others this is not that, iron steel rather than brass, and with numbers rather than letters, but still. I do not have the combination, so it is also a puzzle to be solved! (I also think that locks make nice valentines!) The numbered disks at the far ends are fixed; it is the three center disks that turn. Made by G&J Gem Lock Company, NY, late 19th c. or