what kind of padlock help!!

christina87

Found this in a box in our attic tonight looks old to me. I know nothing about them so some help would be nice

Paul Prescott

Modern Indian tourist piece. Probably less than 20 years old. Collector value - Nil.

finsup

Hi, I’ve seen this one-off lock on e-bay, over a year ago - from India - they hand make these locks in so many styles, limited only by their imagination. They work to mimic antiquity, such a shame to waste their skills on a niche market. Someone must be buying their wares and then leave them in the attic. Not collectable to serious lock collectors - Gary

nathanbonstein

way back in 1996 from the mail auction of bob easter item #83 was est value of $60,no key.
but ,with all of india’s replicas,hard to tell original from reproduction locks.

nathanbonstein

this is a repro forgot to send pic of backside,info on bottom of this one looks inscribed by vibrating marker ,yours looks manually punched ?
this one has rivets below post and yours look s like rivets are even with post
backing plate on this one has more square bottom corners and yours are more curved.
yours looks more original,but cannot say for sure ? mine i got for $15 somewhere and it is a reproduction,

Huw Eastwood

Jodhpur springs to mind for these fantasy castings- has a massive tourist trade serving the museums and forts and is conveniently big on metalworks and foundries.

Heres another variation devoid of artificial ageing
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