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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy barb-spring padlock of medieval date. The padlock measures 45.7mm by 24.1mm by 11.3mm and weighs 17.2g. It consists of a hollow cylindrical case with a octagonal cross-section with a projecting rectangular-section arm at one end, which is attached to a broadly circular-sectioned tapering bar (the hasp). The arm has a transverse perforation which contains iron corrosion. The aperture for the key is a squat T-shape and at the other end of the case there is a simple internal key-bit. Three faces of the case (on the far sides from the arm and bar) are decorated with four double lines (three wavy and one straight) of opposed punched triangles.
Its size suggests that the padlock would have locked a casket. It would have been operated using a sliding key. A similar example complete with spring mechanism can be seen in Egan's 'Medieval Household' (1998, p. 93, no. 244). | Subjects: | Barb Spring | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Payne, Naomi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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