All the metal parts (brass, metal ...) of a trunk is called jewelry.

Indeed, with the locks, the clasps, the brackets, the nails, the corners ... there are a certain number of items, very luxurious on the high quality end trunks.

Clasps are also called flags.

The difference between the lock and the clasp: The lock has a key, the clasp consolidates the lock of the barrel without key

The brackets are at the end of slats or around the lid.

On most trunks, there are 8 corners, to protect the barrel of jolts of the trip.

Each nail is riveted or returned in the wood.