Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock earthy vintage pottery vase 1795 on the plate (and

1795 on the plate (and I've learned that Thomas Jefferson had a set with the exact same pattern) and the repair

And thought not of evil chance

now mellowed to a softer red on the exterior

3 7/8" across at base

Scarce 18th/19th Century French Five Dial Letter Code Barrel Lock earthy vintage pottery vase 1795 on the plate (andI found an antique letter dial lock of this sort a year or two ago, and have been looking for another since so lovely, and why ever would we have decided it was better to remember numbers than letters words??? 18th or perhaps 19th century French, brass and iron steel, with a nice weight to it, and satisfying tension to the turning of the dials when one gets close to lining up the letters that unlock it. And with a star among the letters on the fifth