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    Default Help needed with padlock identification.

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ID:	11933These art pieces were being thrown away and I salvaged them. Can anyone tell me what kind of locks these are? Are they collectable at all? Right now they are hot glue gunned onto a picture and frame type set up. I just love old locks but unfortunately no keys look like they fit, that are included on the frames. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you, Missmarby

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    Default Help needed with padlock identification

    In my opinion these locks look like the types made in India. The one inscribed with the name Hobbs & Co. (British) doesn't look like any I have seen. I would be interested in knowing if others agree with me. Let's get a few more responses to this posting.

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    Scott, I'm with you as far as origion is concerned. The Hobbs is goofy in the spelling as it has HOBBSS&C. Collector value in my book is $0, but as a wall hanging piece of art, not to bad.
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    I agree as well guys, and as for the 'Hobbs'.... from the miss-spelt name, to the way they randomly used every stamp they had to cover the entire front, it doesn't resemble anything original from their factory. All the Hobb's locks I have and have seen, are all very precisely marked with some of the finest stampings, always in a distinctive and intricate font, and are all 'HOBBS&Co' or 'Hobbs&Co' with a fine 'LONDON' which is always in capitals.

    All is not lost though as like oldbiscuit says, they will always have some form of appeal for display

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    Clearly Indian - look also at the typical style of keys. At least one is modeled on a German model. They are probably early- to middle-20C, but difficult to date as most could also have been made last year.

    The OP might like to try a picture of the barbed wires on a barbed wire collectors' forum, they might offer some limits of age.

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