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Lamp

A metallic exotic looking table lamp constructed from various war implements. A war helmet surrounded by dangling bullets is the shade for a lamp body built from spent ammunition.

Collection of DesBrisay Museum, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, 388.67.44 Credit: Courtesy of DesBrisay Museum

brass, copper, metal, wood, 49.0 x 33.5 x 53.0 cm, First World War

James Henry “Harry” Warner, Sr. was born June 7, 1884 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Warner became a machinist and tool maker, and during the First World War, he worked supervising cartridge manufacturing in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.