VR Crown pad lock cover

[ncsuwolf]

Found last week in ne North Carolina at a train stop that was one of the earliest in that area. Found vr crown locks online, but not this one. Do any of the lock gurus know an approximate age for this piece?

Crown and v says Victoria, but does that make sense for the location?

Edit: not sure how easily to read but crown “vr” “patent”.

 

[smokeythecat]

Queen Victoria reigned from (if I remember corrrectly) 1837 to 1901, so I'd put it mid to late 19th century.

 

[invent4hir]

Perhaps like "Antique VR Crown Thompson Brass Pad Lock..." https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/anitque-vr-crown-thompson-brass-pad-3760662230

 

[invent4hir]

See "A. THOMPSON REGISTERED JANY 20 1846 VR" at https://antique-padlocks.com/lever_vr_01.htm

 

[ncsuwolf]

See "A. THOMPSON REGISTERED JANY 20 1846 VR" at https://antique-padlocks.com/lever_vr_01.htm

That’s a good webpage. Don’t see an exact match, but definitely gives me some ideas.

 

[invent4hir]

Agreed. It will be hard to narrow down the date w/o having the whole lock and/or a catalog (advertisement). I think the logic smokeythecat used + this webpage gets you pretty close.

 

[ncsuwolf]

Agreed. It will be hard to narrow down the date w/o having the whole lock and/or a catalog (advertisement). I think the logic smokeythecat used + this webpage gets you pretty close.

Agreed. Thank you both for the input

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very cool !

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Found last week in ne North Carolina at a train stop that was one of the earliest in that area. Found vr crown locks online, but not this one. Do any of the lock gurus know an approximate age for this piece?

Crown and v says Victoria, but does that make sense for the location?

Edit: not sure how easily to read but crown “vr” “patent”.

interesting find, very cool