need help iding old lock

[makton]

need help id'ing old lock

Found this old brass lock in the UP, Mi at an old homestead.
Any ideas on date or Mfg?

Thanks,
makton

 

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[PBK]

Re: need help id'ing old lock

A warded brass padlock of the same design is listed as "Pat'd 1891" in Franklin M. Arnall's book, The Padlock Collector. No information is given about the manufacturer. However, it looks as if it might be a production variation on this lock design by Jacob S. Peacock of Lancaster, PA, patented on June 16, 1891:

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[makton]

Re: need help id'ing old lock

PBK,
The only marking I see is the pat'd at the top with either _91 or _01. cannot make out the first number.
There is also an 8 on the part that lockslocks into the base...is that the shank?

Thanks,
makton

 

[PBK]

Re: need help id'ing old lock

The only marking I see is the pat'd at the top with either _91 or _01. cannot make out the first number.
There is also an 8 on the part that lockslocks into the base...is that the shank?

The patent date is "91" (1891).

The U-shaped part at the top of the lock is called the shackle.

 

[makton]

Re: need help id'ing old lock

Thanks PBK!

 

[mpostma]

Re: need help id'ing old lock

Are you in the UP? I am a troll, but my parents are just south of Germfask, I hunt the UP several times a summer. Where are you?
Thanks,
Mpostma

 

[flyinguy]

Re: need help id'ing old lock

nice lock friend. i have a couple of crappy old iron ones.

 

[thompy]

Re: need help id'ing old lock

i bet that screamed at you when swung over it, very nice, bet there are tons of artifacts in that area