The Lost Key; A c.1930s Hotel Key for Room 301B; The Shoreham, Washington USA sub-Art & Sculpture What we cannot see here

What we cannot see here is just as suggestive as what we can

the heavy duty four gated lock opening with the original key to reveal a vacant interior

The cloth or shroud draping an urn symbolically guards the ashes as the soul departs the body for its trip to heaven

This particular bottle dates to around 1953

and civil servant

The Lost Key; A c.1930s Hotel Key for Room 301B; The Shoreham, Washington USA sub-Art & Sculpture What we cannot see hereOrigin: AmericanPeriod: Early Mid 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930 40Length: 5. 5 (with both key & fob) or 2. 75 the keyWidth: 1. 25 (fob)The mis laid 1930s period part barrel shafted iron key marked Oakley Brighton, to a black bakelite fob with beautifully etched and punched script for The Shoreham 301 B Washington D. C. with the reverse stating Drop in any mail box unsealed, postage guaranteed, the whole surviving from Art Deco period America.