Hardware

The Small Lid Hinge is approximately 1.5" long x 5/8" wide and is used to attach small lids to the casket body. The Double Casket uses two small lid hinges. Each small lid hinge comes with ten screws to attach it to the casket. Each hinge is three separate castings and is assembled by hand in England.  Two hinges are needed for the top lid.  On the mirror frame with doors you can use two hinges per door if seeing the hinges is desired.

Note: These are available to purchase if you are building your own casket. If you are purchasing one from Thistle Threads, all hardware is included. 

The Drawer Pull is approximately 1" long x 1/4" wide and is attached to the drawer fronts of the three small drawers and one long drawer of the Double Casket.  (Note that the other small drawers are designed to have thin silk thread pulls, like the originals).  Each pull is two separate castings and is assembled by hand in England with the custom cut cotter pin. The pull is shown installed on a historic casket as a replacement. The bottom pull is an original 17th century pull. Both the original and reproduction is made from brass that is then tin plated or left original. 

Note: These are available to purchase if you are building your own casket. If you are purchasing one from Thistle Threads, all hardware is included.  

If you are building a double casket, 4 pulls will be required

This is now discontinued

The Door Escutcheon is approximately 2.5" long x 3/4" wide and is placed over a Type 2 Door Lock. The escutcheon comes with three tinned pins to attach it to the casket. 

Note: These are available to purchase if you are building your own casket. If you are purchasing one from Thistle Threads, all hardware is included. 

This is now discontinued

The Door Escutcheon is approximately 3" wide x 1" high and is placed over a Type 1 Lid Lock. The escutcheon comes with three tinned pins to attach it to the casket. This escutcheon is used in two places on a Double Casket and one on a Flat Topped Casket. It is cast in brass and tinned afterwards. 

Note: These are available to purchase if you are building your own casket. If you are purchasing one from Thistle Threads, all hardware is included.

This is now discontinued

The Door Hinge is approximately 3" long x 1.5" wide and is used to attach doors lids to the casket body. The Double Casket uses four door hinges. Each door hinge comes with eight tinned pins to attach it to the casket. Each hinge is three separate castings and is assembled by hand in England. It is cast from brass and then tinned like the originals.   Four door hinges are required for a set of doors.

Note: These are available to purchase if you are building your own casket. If you are purchasing one from Thistle Threads, all hardware is included.

This is now discontinued

It took two years to reproduce the four lock types seen on embroidered caskets of the 17th century and with these four lock types any casket configuration can be made. Sometimes reproductions just have to look the part, but these have to work.  X-rays of caskets were used as well as working with historic blacksmiths and then finally a historic brass company to make working versions. 

The locks which require keys will all work with the same key. The others use either a push button or push lever to operate. The corresponding hasp will be included in a lock order.  These are on offer for anyone making a case themselves. They are included and installed for any caskets purchased from Thistle Threads. 

Lock 1: This is a lid lock and two are needed for a double casket, one for a flat top casket. It is operated by a key.
Lock 2: This door lock is for the right door of a double casket. It's bar slides with the turn of the key in the escutcheon and unlocks the doors.
Lock 3: This door lock is for the left door of a double casket. The bar is finger operated and unhooks the door from a hasp located between the drawers. It keeps the doors from bowing open when closed.
Lock 4: This panel lock is installed in the double casket under under a removable tray divider. The lock is operated by a button that allows the removable panel to be slid out to reveal three drawers (and more).

A Flat Casket requires 1- Lock 1.  A Double Casket requires 2-Lock 1 and one of each of the others.  A Flat Casket with Doors requires one lock of each type.