candlestick
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19750004-001
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Salt, Sergeant Roland Percy
Patronenfabrik - Date Made 1917/09/
- 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 1917/09/01
- Latest 1917/09/30
- Inscription (bottom/dessous): CRAFTED BY SGT ROLAND PERCY SALT, 8TH ARMY BRIGADE, CFA, FRANCE 1917; PATRONENFABRIK KARLSRUHE, SEPT 1917, ST381, 67%Cu, Sp255
- Materials Brass
- Branch Canadian Field Artillery
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary ForceImperial German Army
- Measurements Height 8.5 cm, Length 9.0 cm, Width 12.2 cm
- 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.