✅ SOLVED Lock

[mcogan / L.I. Mongo Mike]

Does anyone know how old this padlock might be. Home site goes back to at least 1835.
No lettering or numbers.

 

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[mick56]

Could be known as a Smokehouse Lock.

 

[njrelicgairl]

You could do an internet search for dating old padlocks.

 

[cw0909]

may be in here... Lever Padlocks - Antique Padlocks

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Cw0909 already gave you the link to best website about antique padlocks. You asked about time-dating the "lever" padlock you found. Unmarked one are difficult to narrowly time-date. An important ID-&-time clue on yours is that its keyhole is shaped like a number 9. Based on others I've seen with that characteristic, yours dates from the latter-1800s through early-1900s. But I'm not even nearly an expert on antique padlocks. I suggest you contact the owner of the antique padlocks website.

 

[cw0909]

this lock looks similar, but is marked "BOFE"


#5128
"BOFE". 2 3/8" high. Brass case. Brass shackle. The reverse of the lock is blank.
Made for: Board of Elections.

list #5128
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[mcogan / L.I. Mongo Mike]

The owner of
http://antique-padlocks.com
has seen pictures of this lock I sent in an email and states "The earliest date for this lock is about 1870................"
Thanks everyone for your input.