WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring gilt metal It's constructed from two rows

It's constructed from two rows of hemisphere domes

and date from the 1820s - a time when paste stones could command as much money

crafted in 15k gold with silver settings

6mm diameter

The lid features a wild boar

WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring gilt metal It's constructed from two rowsDATE: 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