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Description: | A copper-alloy barb-spring padlock of medieval to early post-medieval date. Numerous examples of this category of artefact have been found in excavations at Winchester, and Goodall suggests a 12th to 16th century date (Biddle ed., 1990, p. 1001).
The case is of roughly inverted-trapezoidal section, the sides stepping inwards near the bottom. The outer faces are decorated with incised wavy and segmented lines. The hollow keyhole end is slightly damaged on the underside. At the opposite end are three rectangular spring holes containing remnants of an iron spring. The hasp extends from the upper surface of the case, at the keyhole end. The upper bar, which is aligned parallel to the case, terminates in a point. Suspended from this point is the attached bolt, with attached iron corrosion from the spring.
The object is slightly bent. It measures 43.3mm long, 23.5mm high and 10mm thick. The weight is 16.01g. | Subjects: | Barb-spring | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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