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Description: | Cast copper alloy two-piece padlock with raised rectangular panels, arranged longitudinally down the centre of each plate, with incised linear decoration in the form of three double crosses within three rectangles. On either side of the raised panel, in the recessed planes, there are two punched ring-and-dot motifs, which look like eyes, and the outline of the plate, with an ear-like knop above each eye, makes the plate look like a cat's head. Between the two flat protuding lugs at the top of the lock is a rectangular aperture which holds the bar or hasp, made of iron given the orange corrosion product found around the lugs.The sides of one of the plates has two bent clips, one on either edge, to attach it to the other plate of the padlock. The front panel of the padlock has a central rectangle that would have shifted sideways to reveal the keyhole with a pin at its centre, but is now corroded shut. The keyhole can be seen on the examples below. This decorative form is found on other post-medieval padlocks recorded on this database (for example SWYOR-119041, LVPL358, HAMP-A46202, but most similar in shape and decoration is NLM2784). These give a Post-Medieval date of circa 1600-1800.Williams (1999) illustrates a similar example on page 191, Fig.13, No.119, which is dated to the Post-medieval period.
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