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1999.45.2

Shell case base formed into a peaked cap, copper band round rim. [ZM 13/1/2006]

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1999.45.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Shell case base formed into a peaked cap, copper band round rim. [ZM 13/1/2006]
Cultural groups
European
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Nicholas J. (Nick) Saunders
Date / Period
Date made: 10/1917 Date made: After 10/1917
Date collected
By 1999
Acquisition information
Purchased: 17/12/1999
Materials and processes
Material Brass Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Inscribed, Process Recycled, Process Riveted
Dimensions
Diameter 90 mm top of hat, Height: max 61 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1999.45.2
Research and responses

Probably made in France or Belgium [information removed from Maker field] [SM 16/9/2020]

Associated publications
This object features in the First World War iBeacon trail launched in the Museum in January 2016. Full audio transcription available at: https://soundcloud.com/pittriversound-1/sets/ww1 [HA 07/01/2016] Illustrated as fig. 59 (with 1999.33.84, 1999.45.7, 1999.45.8 and 1999.45.4) on page 67 of Transformations: The Art of Recycling, by Jeremy Coote, Chris Morton, and Julia Nicholson (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2000). (LP 21/6/2000)

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