WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring Emerald transformation and protection

transformation and protection

Dating from the mid-Victorian era

A striking robin's egg blue enamelled bangle dating from the latter half of the 19th Century

Set with a shield-shaped bloodstone panel

Medusa's mouth is wide open

WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring Emerald transformation and protectionDATE: WW1, c. 1915 An incredible example of WW1 "trench art",made by a soldiers on the front lines using whatever materials they had to hand. This ring is predominantly aluminium, likely from the nose cone of an artillery shell, set at the head with a copper (?) heart. Given the circumstances under which it was made, the quality is quite remarkable it's crude, but well made, and on account of the aluminium it's deceptively light. Presumably made to