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Description: | A fragment of a probable cast copper alloy and iron padlock of early post-medieval date. The fragment measures 18.2mm by 20.6mm by 10.4mm and weighs 10.9g. It comprises a broadly cylindrical section with an oval cross-section which has a longitudinal circular-sectioned iron bar through the centre and an S-shaped arm on one side. There is an old break on the other side which may indicate the former presence of a symmetrical arm on the other side. On both front and back there are incised vertical and diagonal lines.
Geoff Egan comments: "I suspect this item is the case of a version of one of a 'barrel' padlocks operated with a slide key, the iron perhaps (and in contrast with many of the others, which are made entirely of copper-alloy) being part of the mechanism. If I am right this is a 'new' version, so dating is for the moment a matter for gut feeling, mine being ?c.16th century." | Subjects: | Barrel | 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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