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Description: | An element from a small medieval copper-alloy spring-strip padlock case. The case (L.: 30.8mm) has an octagonal cross-section with a circular section bolt running parallel, joined to the case by a sub-rectangular arm (7.8 x 6.85mm). The bolt bar is 39.45mm in length and overhangs the case at both ends. It has been bent upwards and also slightly sideways. Towards the base of the arm is a small circular perforation. There is a larger perforation at the junction of arm and case on one side (Dia.: 2.8mm). On the uppermost face of the case there is a rectangular recess at the end opposite the arm to take the (missing) padlock mechanism. The lowermost three faces of the case are decorated by a pair of diagonal incisions at both ends. On one of the faces is a pair of parallel lines of rouletted triangles. On the lowermost face is a further pair of curvilinear lines of triangles; the third decorated face only bears one line of triangles. The recess described relates to an internal disc with large addorsed semicircular perforations. At the opposite end is a broadly T-shaped aperture for the key. The case has corroded to a mid-green colour. It bears extensive finishing marks from filing - transverse, longitudinal and diagonal.Parallels from London (e.g. Egan 1998, 93; ref. 244) have come from pre 14th-century contexts, although elsewhere they have been found in later contexts (Geake 2001, 50-51). The rouletted decoration certainly bears comparison with 14th-century mirror cases. For a padlock case of comparable proportions see Read (2001, 73; ref. 570). This padlock was probably used on a casket (Egan 1998, 92).
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