Large brass padlock

saijinte

Hello everybody!
I recently obtained this lock and I would appreciate any information that you may be able to provide.
4 ⅝″ tall. Brass body, steel shackle. With the original key.
Thank you very much,
Saijinte

Cathy Murray

Wish I new more but this does like a fascinating part of history. If I were you I would have it looked at by a professional perhaps auction? Thanks for sharing

saijinte

Cathy Murray wrote
Wish I new more but this does like a fascinating part of history. If I were you I would have it looked at by a professional perhaps auction? Thanks for sharing

Is it a cotterill padlock?

Which design is more ancient ?

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kwoswalt99

It’s not a Cotterill. The lever padlock design is older, but I have no idea how old yours is. The markings are similar to the ones you see on replicas, but yours looks too high of quality to be a replica.

saijinte

kwoswalt99 wrote
It’s not a Cotterill. The lever padlock design is older, but I have no idea how old yours is. The markings are similar to the ones you see on replicas, but yours looks too high of quality to be a replica.

This lock Just almost unused.

If this is a replica. What make is it?

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saijinte

kwoswalt99 wrote
It’s not a Cotterill. The lever padlock design is older, but I have no idea how old yours is. The markings are similar to the ones you see on replicas, but yours looks too high of quality to be a replica.

Is this a replica lock?

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Paul Prescott

No it’s a very nice mint example of a cotterill wilsons patent (where is it ?)

Your first lock is not a replica either, the quality is way to good plus I’ve seen those made by Cotterill too with standard lever mechanisms.

saijinte

oldlock wrote
No it’s a very nice mint example of a cotterill wilsons patent (where is it ?)

Your first lock is not a replica either, the quality is way to good plus I’ve seen those made by Cotterill too with standard lever mechanisms.

Thank you so much Timothy for this wonderful information.🙁handshake): 🙁y):

This photo is form ebay in Oct 24 ,2014 （cotterill wilsons）.

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Huw Eastwood

Saijinte, that’s really weird, the first line of your reply is quoted from a totally different thread! wvshutterbug’s from his “Help identifying a padlock…” Last post.

Beautiful padlocks btw.

mercury

oldlock wrote
No it’s a very nice mint example of a cotterill wilsons patent (where is it ?)

Your first lock is not a replica either, the quality is way to good plus I’ve seen those made by Cotterill too with standard lever mechanisms.

That mint cotterill wilsons patent padlock shown above is in Melbourne, Australia.

The first lock you showed is beautiful, Saijinte!

…Mark

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Paul Prescott

mercury wrote
That mint cotterill wilsons patent padlock shown above is in Melbourne, Australia.

The first lock you showed is beautiful, Saijinte!

…Mark

Any chance of any better pictures ? If you have access to it or know where it is ? (anyone I know ?)

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mercury

I know where it is, and can get some more pictures of it, but I only have the camera in my iPhone 5, so I don’t know if they’ll be any better than the pictures available here, which come from the original ebay listing : restraintsblog.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Cotterill?m=0

It’s possible that I may be able to borrow a high quality camera to photograph it, but given the existence of the photos I linked above, do you think it’s worth it? If it is, I’m happy to get it done.

According to www.antiquesnavigator.com, it fetched a price higher than any padlock sold before or since on ebay! (See www.antiquesnavigator.com/padlocks-price-guide/antique-padlocks-price-guide-1-SoldPriceDesc.html)

…Mark

mercury

The second link in the post above should be www.antiquesnavigator.com/antiques-price-guide/antique-padlocks-price-guide.html

…Mark