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Shiny brass pitcher with an extended spout and arced handle. Covered in attached brass medals and engraved with city names.
A dull brass and lead ashtray with a minimalist model of a machine gun in the middle of it.
A lamp with a bevelled wooden base, the body made of a large intact bullet casing and topped with a light socket surrounded by a frame to hold a lampshade.
A shiny brass tobacco humidor with copper ribbed copper handles on opposite sides. There is a date and place names emerging from bands of etched background.
A shoehorn in the shape of a woman’s leg with a shoe on the foot. The leg is etched with the implication of a slip, garter and stockings.
A black and white image of an impromptu armourer’s shop. There are two soldiers behind a table displaying various weapons, giving attention to their goods while two other soldiers are present.
This is a black and white image of a travelling workshop inside a wooden railway car. The side is opened up and it reveals three soldier workers making crafted items.
An engraved, maple leaf shaped frame with a circular hole for a picture.
Two side by side candle holders atop entwined bayonet bases
A black and white image of a portable blacksmith shop. There are several workers and horses with a tent in the ground.
An elegant polished brass inkwell atop engraved upright maple leaves. There is a holder behind it to hold two nib pens.
A round dulled brass ashtray. The cigarette holders a made from curved brass crests.