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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)
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> ----- 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.
>>
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>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/54208639@N03/5017204165/
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>>
>> 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
>> 209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
>> 23 East Stadium Drive
>> Champaign, IL 61820
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>> Phone: 217.244.0892
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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"
>>
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