Padlock cover?

[writer662]

I can't seem to find an exact match online to this. Any input?

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[Old Pueblo]

I think so. Cool find

 

[creskol]

Looks more like an advertising fob to me.

 

[Chiltepin]

Possible key way cover.
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warranty on the bottom?
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Could be safe badge?

 

[writer662]

Warranty yes possibly. I couldn't find the rest of it

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[creskol]

The reason I say a fob over a lock part is that it appears to be very thin stamped brass. Most brass locks and parts would be made of much heavier brass.

 

[writer662]

Bro it's incredibly thin and brittle


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[nhbenz]

What's the size of this thing?

 

[writer662]

Buffalo for reference

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[nhbenz]

Maybe a key tag that came with the lock when new? -essentially a fob like creskol suggested, but a somewhat temporary one?

 

[writer662]

Possibly yeah. It drives me insane when I can't ID stuff from the web research

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[villagenut]

some things just never get solved......but i bet Bramblefind will give it a shot

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Most likely, the word with a few letters missing at the end isn't "warranty," it is "warranted."

Click the photo below for enlagement. I agree with Creskol, an advertising fob... I'm posting the photo only to show what the fob was advertising. The lock in the photo probably is (at most) no older than the late-1800s, because the marking on the keyhole-cover is written in "plain block" lettering, not "serifed" lettering.

 

[captain_mike]

I'd say fob or tag/plate. A padlock part would be thicker, and be in the shape of the lock bottom. And no mortice cylinder had a swing away cover like that either. But an attached tag to a padlock would

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[captain_mike]

I'd say fob or tag/plate. A padlock part would be thicker, and be in the shape of the lock bottom. And no mortice cylinder had a swing away cover like that either. But an attached tag to a padlock would

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(Used to be a locksmith myself)

Maybe a key tag that came with the lock when new? -essentially a fob like creskol suggested, but a somewhat temporary one?

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