WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring Emerald Dating from the mid-Victorian era

Dating from the mid-Victorian era

A striking robin's egg blue enamelled bangle dating from the latter half of the 19th Century

and show a surprising range of colour in the facets

transformation and protection

set at opposing orientations and joined together so bottoms dangle freely

WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring Emerald Dating from the mid-Victorian eraDATE: WW1, c. 1915 An incredible example of WW1 "trench art",made by a soldiers on the front lines using whatever materials they had to hand. This ring is predominantly aluminium, likely from the nose cone of an artillery shell, set at the head with a copper (?) heart. Given the circumstances under which it was made, the quality is quite remarkable it's crude, but well made, and on account of the aluminium it's deceptively light. Presumably made to