Context (Display)
Rectangular handwritten display label reads: 'Steel padlock. XVI - XVII Cent. ?Cambridge.'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Spherical Body.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Other)
This is possibly the lock donated to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society by an unnamed donor 1849-1850. This is based on the date of 16th century given in the Report and also found on the label. The 1850 Report reads: 'A large and curious Lock, of the 16th century; taken from an old chest.' If this is indeed that lock, then it is one more reason to believe it is a Post-Medieval lock, not Anglo Saxon.
Event Date 13/10/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Iron padlock with spherical body, reminiscent of a kettle bell. D-shaped shackle with square cross-section; two symmetrical L-shaped brackets connect shackle to lock body; spherical body with centred keyhole cut into one face.
Event Date 5/1/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal