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Description: | A cast copper-alloy medieval barb-spring padlock. This example is complete as the internal iron fittings have corroded, fusing the normally detached and separately cast end to the main padlock case.The padlock case is rectangular in section with flat short ends, one with the key hole and the other which would normally detach from the rest of the padlock case. The longer sides of the case have straight edges which curve out to the centre and then curve back in, creating an oval centre.On the top face there are integrally cast projections projecting upwards at 90 degrees at each end, both of which have pierced holes towards the base at the juncture with the case. The larger projection, at the keyhole end of the case, is rectangular in shape and has a pin integrally cast at the top at a right angle. The pin begins as a flat rectangular projectile, becoming narrower and more rounded towards the end in order to fit in to an opposing loop. The smaller projection is integrally cast to the detachable end. It is oval in section and at the top incorporates the opposing loop for the pin.The side with the projections is undecorated whilst the opposing face (bottom) is decorated with simple incised line decoration of an oval flower flanked by curling leaves within a border following the shape of the case .The padlock case is 29.3mm long, 9.1mm thick and 15.5mm wide at the point where the sides are curved and 9.3mm at the ends. Including the projections the padlock is 23.1mm high and the pin is 33mm long.At Winchester these padlocks date to the 12th to 16th centuries AD, with a particularly close parallel coming from a 15th-century context (Biddle 1990, no. 3666). Other examples are SF7242 and SF-2EFEA6.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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