Key
Key
Object name: Key
Date: 1908
Dimensions:
110 x 30 mm
Medium: Metal, enamel
Object number: LDCUM1963.007
DescriptionCommemorative key of silver. The stem is engraved with "I was used to open the Library on the corner of Old and New Kent Road Jan 30th 08". It is topped with an enamelled coat of arms coloured white, red, yellow, blue and green, set in a semi circle inscribed "UNITED TO SERVE" and in Latin on the reverse. The shield on one side contains the arms of Southwark Metropolitan Borough Council and the reverse a different unidentified coat of arms.
Culture: Story of Southwark