- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Padlock, cylindrical with bar for locking mounted on one side, inlaid with silver.
- Long description
- Padlock, cylindrical with bar for locking mounted on one side, inlaid with silver. The silver forms very fine geometric patterns. There is also an inscription of Korean letters. [El.B 22/05/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Seoul
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1801 - 1900
- Date collected
- Before 1907
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1907
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Silver Metal, Process Inlaid, Process Forged (Metal), Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 170 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1907.80.1
- Research and responses
This padlock was studied during a meeting of the European Lock Collectors Association in September 2023. It was made in Korea during the 19th century and is decorated with silver wire. Information provided by Martina Pall, an expert in locks, keys, boxes, cassettes, chests and cast iron (https://www.martina-pall.com/).
1907.80.1
Padlock, cylindrical with bar for locking mounted on one side, inlaid with silver.
On display
1907.80.1
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