As Trench Art goes, this is quite original and rare…..

WWI Trench Art Desk Perpetual Calendar, Inkwell & Pen Rest (c.1914-18)

This is just amazing and in fairly good condition with a few imperfections commensurate with its age and use. Made from expended brass shells and transformed into this amazing desk piece.

Trench Art is a misleading term given today to a wide variety of decorative items, sometimes also functional, produced during or soon after the First World War (though the term is also applied to products of both earlier and more recent wars). They were made in all the countries engaged in combat. Ashtrays, matchbox holders, letter knives, model tanks and planes are typically found but not always made in trenches!

Apart from a few of the dates, months etc missing from the canvas tapes, it doesn’t detract from the ingenuity and engineering used to create this. The spindles do turn but are quite stiff and it has 3 twin hooks to the front used as pen rests, the metal inkwell has a copper coin soldered into the base and overall it measures 6”H x 3.35” in diameter.

I’ve never seen one before and probably never will again! A must for any militaria collector….

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