J.M.V. & Co. padlock help

bbcci

I’m trying to find out who made these padlocks and who JMV & Co is or was. I am ultimately trying to find if there is any patent history on it. Any info would be appreciated, Thank you.

oldbiscuit

I’m leaning toward Star lock company due to the star on the swinging cover. However, I can’t find anything on JMV&Co, possibly Star made it for a vendor or user with their initials on it, much like the railroad lock in your second picture. Mark

Scott Klemm

I could not find anything resembling this padlock in Don Stewart’s Star Lock Works catalog reprint. I did find the full name for the initials found on the back side. NYNH & HRR stands for New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.

Scott Klemm

Oops! I should not have said “back side.” It’s a separate padlock. 🙁doh):

bbcci

Thank you Mark and Scott! I do like the conjecture that they may be Star and will spend some time following that lead. I don’t have Don’s catalog reprint and appreciate the check into that. I’ll spend some time focusing on Hillebrand and Wolf on the patent pages and see if that yields any results. It appears they took over the company in 1869 from Conrad Liebrich. I’ll also try some searching on JMV & Co. more localized to the Philly area, may help. Scott, what year or years does the catalog reprint cover? Thanks again, Bill

Scott Klemm

Unfortunately Don Stewart’s Star Lock Works catalog reprint does not have a date. However, the title page says Louis V. Wolf, Sucessors to Hildebrand & Wolf. Based on this, I would estimate that the catalog probably dates some time after 1893.
Good luck in your research to find out who and what J.M.V. & Co. was! Nobody seems to know.

bbcci

Thank you very much Scott. I’ll post further if I find anything.

Timothy

Not sure if this going to help or not but I did find something may help as it could be RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL OIL AND GAS SECTION as per pfd……Timothy..

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