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Description: | A display involving images and locks of the Chubb & Sons Lock & Safe Company Ltd. The locks on display appear to be cut away versions of mortice locks. The images appear to include Chubb safes, including one (centre foreground) that survived a fire caused by the bombing of London during the Second World War (1939-1945). The structure under the glass dome on display (centre right) is called the Aubin Trophy. It was so called because it was made by Wolverhampton locksmith Charles Aubin who had premises in Poutney Street. It comprises 46 locks, each representing major developments in lock-making from Roman times. Each of the locks can be operated independently, but the ornate master key on top can operate all the locks. It was shown in the Great Exhibition of 1851, and was subsequently bought by American locksmith A. C. Hobbs who later founded a lock company called Hobbs Hart that later became a member of the Chubb Group. After residing in London for nearly a century, it was finally returned to Wolverhampton in 1964. It is unknown where the display is, but it is probable that it was held in Wolverhampton Art Gallery. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Subjects: | Locks Photograph Lock industry Photographs First World War (1914-1918) | Temporal: | [Late 20th cent] | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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