Yeah, I'll second that on the issues that can happen with old locks without keys. Once upon a time, i bid and won a dower chest that i thought might be an early PA. german example (it wasn't). It arrived and you'll notice it didn't have feet, so then i did a stupid thing, i turned it up on it's end to examine the bottom of chest and BAM! i heard that CLICK! thats right, the chest locked itself and naturally there was no key. Took me 2 weeks or so of messing with lock to get it opened, LESSON LEARNED! Now, whenever i buy an old chest with no key the first thing on my list is, DISABLE THE LOCK YOU DUMMY!