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Description: | A small medieval copper-alloy spring-strip padlock case. The case is broadly oval in plan at its centre, with rectangular extensions at each of the narrower ends. It has a rectangular cross-section. Extending upwards from one of the rectangular extensions is an integral sub-rectangular arm (11.75 by 7.3 by 1.9mm). The arm has been bent into the body at a very slight angle. Towards the base of the arm is a small circular perforation, just off centre. At the top of the projection, on the thin inner surface, is a scar from the integral bar which has broken off as a result of old damage. 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 recess described relates to an internal disc with adjacent rectangular perforations. At the opposite end is an aperture for the key in the shape of a rectangle. This has abraded through at the bottom with breaks extending into a small loss to the lower surface at this end. The upper face of the case is flat and plain. The sides are decorated with a transverse ridge moulded in low relief at the junction of the oval central element and the rectangular extensions. The lowermost face, also flat, is decorated for the most part by a wavy line, slightly disjointed at one end, around which are a few punch marks. Curved lines following the longer edges act as a border. The case has corroded to a largely mid/dark-green colour. It has been twisted slightly in profile.Similar padlocks from London (Egan 1998, 93) have come from pre 14th-century contexts, although elsewhere they have been found in later contexts (Geake 2001, 50-51). This padlock was probably used on a casket (Egan 1998, 92). This would seem to be a common design with padlocks of this form with similar decoration on the lower surface have been recorded on this database, e.g. NCL-735DF3, BH-C04D35, SF-2EFEA6, LVPL-0331C3, WILT-565CC0, LVPL-512F17, SOM-8F0F55, etc.
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