A copper alloy key, possilby from a wardrobe, dating from the mid 20th century. The key has a lattice decorated handle surrounded by the words GOLDEN KEY FURNITURE MADE BY PALATIAL. It would have been used to unlock a door of an item of 'Palatial Furniture Ltd', possibly an oak wardrobe. 

A Golden Key Furniture advertisement depicting the same type of key was placed in the Western Daily Press on Tuesday 08 February 1949.

This object was 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.

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A copper alloy key, possilby from a wardrobe, dating from the mid 20th century. The key has a lattice decorated handle surrounded by the words GOLDEN KEY FURNITURE MADE BY PALATIAL. It would have been used to unlock a door of an item of 'Palatial Furniture Ltd', possibly an oak wardrobe. A Golden Key Furniture advertisement depicting the same type of key was placed in the Western Daily Press on Tuesday 08 February 1949. This object was 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.

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