Thread: Seal Padlocks

I have no idea, thats why I asked on the forum. Any help would be appreciated

OK. I understand that you have no idea as to the age of the padlock.
I was only trying to understand your comment in reply to Oldlock -
"There is no way that the crown is Kings Crown".
I would go along with Oldlock's dating King Edward V11,or possibly
late Victorian(1900).
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I deal mainly in Militaria and in this field there are definite ways to recognise the age of Badges i.e. It would have a Victorian Crown, A King Edward through to King George Vi and the Queen Elizabeths crown. All the shapes of these crowns are very different, and the crown on the lock is not one that I recognize. Also with King Edward the Intitials inside the crown are normally EVIIR similarily George V is GVR and George VI is George VIR. Elizabeth is EIIR. The reason I am stumped is the strange looking Crown and the E inside. Hence I thought it may be Elizabeth 1st. I dont know if Tucker and Reeves were in existence in the late 1500's, hence my query. I thank you all for your patience with me in (for me anyway) a completely new field.

Thanks for your reply.
Let's play detective!

Tucker & Reeves first patent for a lock mechanism was 1853.
The Douglas Patent was 1889.
T&R disappeared some time in the 1920's ( I think)
The E inside the crown is a reference to "Excise" and not the Monarch.
The same crown appears on excise ( Customs) locks used in Queen Victoria's
reign also into the 1930's!
Hopes this helps .

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Many thanks, It all makes sense to me now. So the lock is basically approximately 100 years old, and not from the Elizabethan period. Again thanks to all who replied.