10.5287/BODLEIANPT9.2
First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University Of Oxford
University Of Oxford
First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Trench Art Candle Holder made from Shell Case (1)
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
Dataset
Unknown
2011-12-05 10:57:59.082002
2011-12-05 10:57:59.743825
2011
gwa-3605
Artifact
The term 'Trench Art' covers itmes made by the soldier's themselves, or by locals and sold as souvenirs.
Made from a cut-down 18 pdr shell case, with added handle. The case was manufactured in 1916 and last refilled in November 1917.