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A shell case turned into a vase.
Also known as: Soldier's art, Shell case decoration
The decoration worked by soldiers and prisoners into spent munitions and salvaged metal.
Decorates spent munitions and salvaged metal with figures, devices, names and dates.
Contexts: History
Made from what was available in a place where nothing was, so the material is the record: the object's origin as a munition is never disguised and is usually the point of it.
Contexts: History
Frequently carries a name and a date, which makes surviving pieces datable and attributable in a way most folk objects are not.
Contexts: History
Repoussé and engraved figures, regimental devices, names and dates worked into brass shell cases, aluminium and salvaged metal.