Artwork, other - Trench Art, Shell-1914, 1914

Historical information

Making trench art was a common way of passing time. Soldiers would use what was available to them. In this case a brass shell

Physical description

Made from brass 25Pdr shell. The has raised clovers and 1914 prominent around a systematically pitted surface. Previous attempts to polish the shell have left these pits white/green in colour. The top of the shell has been cut with triangles removed to leave a sharply serrated top.

Inscriptions & markings

1914

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