WW1 French Trench Art Spelter Desk Top Ink Well & Pen Stand Combination Featuring The Iconic Renault Model FT-17 Tank & Hinged French Infantry Adrian Combat Helmet. Sn 23014 Antique & Militaria

WW1 French Trench Art Spelter Desk Top Ink Well & Pen Stand Combination Featuring The Iconic Renault Model FT-17 Tank & Hinged French Infantry Adrian Combat Helmet. Sn 23014 - 23014

A French inkwell & Pen Stand from WWI. Made of spelter, these desk top accessories are considered a form of trench art, a type of folk art made by soldiers, often depicting battlefield equipment. The decorative pieces were sold as souvenirs to support the war effort or commemorate battle victories. Our WW1 example is 5” width and just under 3 “ height. The Spelter Ink Well & Pen Stand Combination features a platform mounted with a tank Modelled on the iconic WW1 French Renault FT-17 tank, which was the first tank with a fully rotating turret. Below the tank is a shallow dish for pens or quills. The dish has cast foliate decoration. The inkwell hole is hidden under a hinged helmet in the form of a WW1 French Infantry Adrian Combat Helmet. The ink well hole is absent its small ink pot (the hole is approx. 2.2 cms not including the recessed edge and approx. 3cm deep to the desk top). The underside of the stand is stamped ‘Made In France’ and numbered ‘812’. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23014

£175.00