- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Metal padlock. [FB 05/12/2011]
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source George Anthony Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
- Date
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 11/11/2010
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Width: max 150 mm, Length: max 233 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2010.80.88
- Research and responses
See On the Development and Distribution of Primitive Locks and Keys by Lieut.-General Pitt-Rivers, F.R.S., London 1883 and Locks and Keys Throughout the Ages by Vincent J. M. Eras, 1957. [FB 05/12/2011]
Further items to explore
1992.5.12.5Brass rivet, used to secure the plate [1992.5.12 .3] on the front of the lock. The shaft of the rivet is smooth with a small hole perforating it near to the end. Reproduction of a Roman tumbler lock in 5 parts: 2 wooden pieces (1992.5.12 .1 -.2), brass plate (1992.5.12 .3) and 2 brass rivets (1992.5.12 .4-.5). [ASh [OPS move] 05/09/2016]1992.5.12.5
1925.9.3.1Wooden door-lock in two parts [.1 - .2] and wooden key with four metal prongs [.3] [LKG 28/05/2009]1925.9.3.1
1889.27.93Part of a wooden door-frame with iron lockplate. [El.B 10/06/2009]1889.27.93
1897.44.3.1Wooden lock of three parts. The main body of the lock has a moveable slat secured in place by a fixed cover. Two separate ?tumbers of wood, one with two notched teeth, the other with three, are loose. [LKG 26/05/2009]1897.44.3.1
2016.182.1Pottery lamp of cream ware slipped brown. [MOBB [OPS move] 15/11/2016]2016.182.1
2019.8.15Chert chopper. [AG 01/07/2019]2019.8.15
1932.88.662Pottery lamp, saucer-shaped with a pinched nozzle for the wick. The rim is asymmetric and uneven. There is a green glaze on the inside of the rim. [NC 29/9/2016]1932.88.662
1966.3.130.5Candle. The candle is white in colour and cylindrical in shape. The candle is decorated towards the bottom with the number '50' which is surrounded by a blue wreath. Extending from one end of the candle is a white string wick. For the corresponding objects see 1966.3.130 .1 - 4 & .6 for the other candles, 1966.3.130 .7 for the box and 1966.3.130 .8 for the box lid. [SB [OPS Move] 2/5/2017]1966.3.130.5