Accession No
1901.174
Description
Iron padlock, possibly a fetterlock. Crook-shaped shackle with flat, rectangular cross-section; cylindrical lock body with circular disk-shaped terminal on one end and a shield-shaped terminal on the other to which the shank is hinged; number nine-shaped keyhole pierced in one side of lock body. ‘EW’ (or possibly ‘GW’) is stamped on the face of the shackle.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge
Period
Post Medieval
Source
Foster, J. E. (Dr) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1901.174; MAA: AR 1901.264
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
110mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Rectangular handwritten label previously attached to the object with string reads: 'Iron Padlock. Cambridge. J. E. Foster MA'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Context (Display)
Rectangular handwritten display label reads: 'Iron padlock. Cambridge. D.D. J. E. Foster. M. A.'
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
Annual Report: 'An iron fetter-lock, stamped 'M.D.'
Event Date 1901
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
'GW' is stamped into the padlock.
Event Date 24/08/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Iron padlock, possibly a fetterlock. Crook-shaped shackle with flat, rectangular cross-section; cylindrical lock body with circular disk-shaped terminal on one end and a shield-shaped terminal on the other to which the shank is hinged; number nine-shaped keyhole pierced in one side of lock body. ‘EW’ (or possibly ‘GW’) is stamped on the face of the shackle.
Event Date 5/1/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:19489
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