WW1 Vase
MarkypieP
my grandmother after WW1. The vases are constructed out of 75mm pack howitzer
artillery casings. These brass casings have a hammered appearance and are
flared out at the mouth. There is a rose on one side and an engraving on the
other with the dates and the Captain's name who gave them to my grandmother, as
well as her name. Has anyone seen anything simlar from the same time period?
Are these two of a kind or mass-produced? Any information would be helpful.
Since these were my grandmother's I am not at all interested in parting with
them but I would like to know more about them. Thank you.
Marshall Schuon
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I'd like to know more about your grandmother and the captain.
Marshall
Crbuck
> I have a pair of vases that were given to
>my grandmother after WW1. The vases are constructed out of 75mm pack howitzer
>artillery casings.
You have a pair of "Trench art" vases. These were made by soldiers durning
WW1.
I've sold one rather plain hammered one with "France" cut out and small
floweres near the top for 90.00 here in Indiana. I have been told by others
that some were mass-produced.
Your's sound nice especially with the known names engraved.
They are quite the conversation piece. Kind of strange to hold and just wonder
where they were fired and at whom...
Take care,
Chuck
tran...@finfin.com
are a form of folk art they vary widely in quality and sometimes
approach the sublime. (That may be overstating the case, but
I have seen some that WERE just super.) I have always heard that
they were made by soldiers in WWI and believe it to be so.
There is a lot of time to kill when you are in the army.
Who is the famous copper guy on the West Coast, Van Dirk?
Van Earp (Wyatt Earp ;) anyway, unless my rememberer is doing
funny things again, I think even he, whose stuff is worth a mint
did some work with old shell casings. This would have been
in about the same time period. Hang on a second....
A miracle has happened, I found it, the page I tore out of a magazine
lo, these many years ago. It is Dirk Van Erp. Early 20th Century.
San Francisco. And there is a picture of a vase made of a shell casing.
All of which has little bearing on trench art. But fun nonetheless.
Congrats on your WWI vases (and they do often seem to come in pairs)
I think they are pretty neat myself.
T.
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>You have a pair of "Trench art" vases. These were made by soldiers durning
>WW1.
> I've sold one rather plain hammered one with "France" cut out and small
>floweres near the top for 90.00 here in Indiana. I have been told by others
>that some were mass-produced.
>Your's sound nice especially with the known names engraved.
>They are quite the conversation piece. Kind of strange to hold and just wonder
>where they were fired and at whom...
>Take care,
'handmade' decorated shell cases marked with 1914-18 from roadside
stalls.
Yep they are still being made.
There are so many shell cases (and not just spent ones) under the fields
of Picardy that it is probably the only way they can get rid of them.
Other items on sale included lighters made out of bullets, and inkwells
made from shells.
Farming is so hazardous in that corner of France that one wonders why
more do not opt for 'set-aside'. Two or three tractors (with their
drivers get blown up a year). The occasional tourist walking the battle
fields too. (What's the French equivalent of grockle)
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