candlestick
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19750004-002
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Salt, Sergeant Roland Percy
KYH - Date Made 1917
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifactsFurnishingsTools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category ArtLightingArmament, ammunition
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1917/01/01
- Latest 1917/12/31
- Inscription (bottom/dessous): CRAFTED BY SGT ROLAND PERCY SALT 8TH ARMY BRIGADE CFA FRANCE 1917; 18 PR II KYH 1917; 2 5 17; II C34 NA C (broad arrow) /|
- Materials Brass
- Branch Canadian Field Artillery
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Measurements Height 10.7 cm, Length 10.0 cm, Width 13.2 cm
- Caption Candlestick
- Additional Information Sergeant Roland Percy Salt of the 8th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, created this piece of trench art in 1917. The ornately designed candlestick holder was made from an 18-pounder shell casing.
- Caption Candlestick Holders
- Additional Information Sergeant Ronald Percy Salt crafted these candlestick holders from British and German shell cases in 1917. Rifle cartridges serve as the shafts that connect the candle sockets to the scalloped bases.