Lot n° 261
Estimation :
70 - 80
EUR
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Result
: 180EUR
LOCKSMITH'S NIGHTINGALE
Iron, consisting... - Lot 261 - Lucien Paris
LOCKSMITH'S NIGHTINGALE
Iron, consisting of a ring (called "volière") supporting eighteen master keys, each bearing the inscriptions "PARIS" and "CB".
Its name comes from Antoine Rossignol, a 17th century cryptologist. This researcher, in love with numbers and other encrypted codes,
became one of the world's foremost experts in data encryption and decryption of secure communications.
The story goes that the very first master key, called "skeleton key", was invented by Antoine Rossignol
by Antoine Rossignol in order to open all the locks of the kingdom of Louis XIV.
By semantic shift, a "locksmith's nightingale" is a set of simple and complementary master keys:
a combination of keys to open any type of lock. These keys are characterized by simple and complex bits,
with various more or less worked notches, allowing to unlock various types of cylinders. All these keys
are grouped together on a ring, the "aviary".
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