Twenty grey decorative marble fragments. Flat with one rounded edge and a decorative groved border. 

The fragments were excavated from Trench II and III, number 7 Albert Parade and may have formed part of a large and decorated fireplace surround along with a large marble worked block, MOL.2021.19.2319.

These fragments were excavated by Museum of Liverpool Archaeology and community volunteers during the Piermaster's Green Community Dig. The project investigated the homes of Dock Masters, Pier Masters and their families. Numbers 7, 8 and 10 Albert Parade were built by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in 1852 to accomidate staff for the Albert and Canning Docks. The houses were hit by an incendiary bomb during the Second World War.

Decorative marble | National Museums Liverpool

title

Twenty grey decorative marble fragments. Flat with one rounded edge and a decorative groved border. The fragments were excavated from Trench II and III, number 7 Albert Parade and may have formed part of a large and decorated fireplace surround along with a large marble worked block, MOL.2021.19.2319. These fragments were excavated by Museum of Liverpool Archaeology and community volunteers during the Piermaster's Green Community Dig. The project investigated the homes of Dock Masters, Pier Masters and their families. Numbers 7, 8 and 10 Albert Parade were built by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in 1852 to accomidate staff for the Albert and Canning Docks. The houses were hit by an incendiary bomb during the Second World War.

Decorative marble

Information