Subdeacon Joe Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Another FB find. This inkstand is part of a collection of trench art made during the First World War by Sapper Stanley Pearl, 5th Field Company Engineers. Pearl was a skilled craftsman and prolific engineer of trench art made from debris he collected or traded. After the war, he moved to Canberra and worked at the Australian War Memorial as a carpenter, where he was able to provide details about his trench art. The base is made from oak cut from a table found in a German dugout in Contalmaison. The inkwell was cut from the propeller of a Vickers biplane wreck at Le Sars and sits on a stand made from an 18-pounder shell souvenired from a battery outside the village of Ginchy. The ends of the inkwell are German anti-aircraft shell fuzes collected at Martinpuich and Bazentin-le-Grand. The ink container is a flare cartridge found at Eaucourt-l’Abbaye. Pearl completed the inkstand on the Somme in February 1917. Images: 1. Inkstand made by Sapper Stanley Pearl, 5th Field Company Engineers. RELAWM14150 2. Trench art of Sapper Stanley Pearl held by the Australian War Memorial. PAIU2011/153.03 #objectoftheweek #AWMobjects #myawm #AWMemorial 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 gotta love these things , so many really tallkented people with so much idel time in a place they didnt want to be , they produced some really great items , and some that belong in museums 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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