Artillery Shell Fuse Inkwell

Identifier

2011-11-0203

Title

Artillery Shell Fuse Inkwell

Type

Military Kit Compasses / Survival Equipment / Gas Masks

Description

A copper alloy metal and silver metal artillery shell fuse that has been altered to create an ink well , attached to the copper alloy metal top is a hinge with a glass vial inside , the base is the silver metal with measurements and numbers around the circumferance of the base , this artillery shell fuse inkwell is then mounted on a black painted wood board , with a small silver coloured metal plaque with the text ' SO E 1916 ' and markers marks on the bottom left of silver coloured plaque.

Creator

Coverage

1916

Medium

Metal and wooden mount

Format

Artillery shell : 80 x 80 x 80 , Wooden Mount : 25 x 165 x 165 mm

Provenance

Date

First World War, 1914-1918

Audience

Case 16

Source

Date Created

Monday, 14 January 2013