Posted 6 years ago
Koberkirch
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Found in an antique shop in McKinney all the research I’ve done leads to an Italian origin. Has anyone seen one like this before?
Vintage Italian folding skeleton key | ||
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Very unique and interesting key. Could this be for a piece of furniture, such as a chest of drawers?
I think those keys were used in corner cupboards.
Keys like this were used in safes where the key could be left in the lock of a lockable drawer inside the safe, when the drawer was not in use. To save space the grip folded allowing the safe door to close without hitting a protruding key.