This looks likely to me as well. Srour was probably the maker of the 
padlock, but on a brief look I haven't been able to identify the company.

Mike

On 9/23/2010 11:37 AM, Peter and Irene Priess wrote:
> It's a keyhole cover from a padlock. The broken end would have had a 
> pin to attach to the padlock housing and allow it to pivot to expose 
> the keyhole. The WR indicates the reign of William IV (1830 - 1837).
>
> Peter J. Priess
> (retired from a salary but not the subject)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Branstner" 
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> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:23 AM
> Subject: Artifact ID?
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>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Just found this "finial" from a surface collection from central 
>> Illinois. My first thought was a gun part, like a trigger guard or 
>> ramrod pipe finial, but that would just be a guess.  As you can see, 
>> it's very crisply marked with a "WR" surmounted by a "crown" with 3 
>> rays; inverted above that is the 5-letter string "SECUR" ... Any help 
>> greatly appreciated. Material is brass or bronze and overall length 
>> is 1.5 inches. Clearly snapped off on left end. Wax-cast on back but 
>> clearly ground or filed on face.
>>
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/54208639@N03/5017204165/
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance, Mark
>> -- 
>>
>> Mark C. Branstner, RPA
>> Historic Archaeologist
>>
>> Illinois State Archaeological Survey
>> Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
>> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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>>
>> When you think of that perfect retort five minutes after the 
>> conversation is over -  that's when you're:
>>
>>  "... bursting with the belated eloquence of the inarticulate ..."
>>
>> Edith Wharton in the "The Age of Innocence"
>>