CARTRIDGE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TRENCH ART
- Date Range From
- 1914
- Date Range To
- 1918
- Materials
- BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P20090010003
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TRENCH ART
- Date Range From
- 1914
- Date Range To
- 1918
- Materials
- BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.5
- Length
- 5.0
- Width
- 1.8
- Description
- BRASS BULLET HEAD FEATURES HAND-MODIFIED CARTRIDGE END, POUNDED & CUT INTO A MILITARY IRON CROSS-LIKE SHAPE.
- Subjects
- DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT
- ARMAMENT-AMMUNITION
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- TRENCH ART PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY FORMER OWNER HELEN NOBLE DURING WWI. NOBLE ACTED AS A NURSE DURING THE WAR. SHAPE OF ARTWORK LEADS TO SPECULATION THAT ARTIST MAY HAVE BEEN GERMAN AND MAY HAVE BEEN TREATED BY NOBLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE P20090010001 AND PERMANENT RECORD.
- Catalogue Number
- P20090010003
- Acquisition Date
- 2009-03
- Collection
- Museum
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