The Lost Key; A c.1930s Hotel Key for Room 301B; The Shoreham, Washington USA sub-Art & Sculpture published in Meteoritical Bulletin #90

published in Meteoritical Bulletin #90 as an L4-6 fragmental breccia with a shock rating of S3 and a weathering level of W1

with their distinctive palettes

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

with a further inscription in French relating to the provenance of Abbaye Royale de Saint Calais

The Lost Key; A c.1930s Hotel Key for Room 301B; The Shoreham, Washington USA sub-Art & Sculpture published in Meteoritical Bulletin #90Origin: 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.