Reproduction iron padlock based on an original from Northampton. (c) Centre for the Study of the Viking Age
Reproduction iron padlock based on an original from Northampton. (c) Centre for the Study of the Viking Age

Reproduction iron padlock based on an original from Northampton. (c) Centre for the Study of the Viking Age Reproduction iron padlock based on an original from Northampton. (c) Centre for the Study of the Viking Age Reproduction iron padlock based on an original from Northampton. (c) Centre for the Study of the Viking Age Reproduction iron padlock based on an original from Northampton. (c) Centre for the Study of the Viking Age Reproduction iron padlock based on an original from Northampton. (c) Centre for the Study of the Viking Age

Reproduction Iron Padlock

Reproduction iron padlock based on an original from Northampton

Complex metal locks such as this one would have been expensive to manufacture and thus were, generally, used to protect one’s most valuable possessions.

Object Type

Lock

Original/Reproduction

Reproduction

Material

Collection

Viking Objects

Current Location

Private Ownership

Keywords

household, iron, lock, Northamptonshire, reproduction

Further information

You can see the original at Private Ownership.

Acknowledgements

Made by Adam Parsons of Blueaxe Reproductions

(c) Centre for the Study of the Viking Age(c) Mark Bentley

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