History - Antique hunting with... Roo Irvine
Antique hunting with... Roo Irvine
Photo AM 2014.90.13-1 Cannister (shell case)
Entrenched in History
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ew antiques are as emotionally charged as those labelled “Trench Art”. The very name conjures up images of battle-weary soldiers in front line dugouts, hand-crafting
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ornate works from spent bullet cases, twisted lumps of shrapnel and discarded debris of war, as they wait to ‘go over the top’. Highly collectable, it pays
homage to the worst and best of humanity. The creativity and ingenuity that has gone into making such beautiful works of art from items made to facilitate death and destruction is often
