Lot 1868

Description

Trench Art, ashtray featuring a base of a 25 PR brass shell casing dated 1942, with three slots for resting a cigarette and with a central screw-in rod on which is mounted a brass Hawker Hurricane aircraft;; also another circular ashtray in white metal coated bronze with three slots for resting a cigarette and with a curved rod on one side mounted with what looks like a white metal coated bronze Douglas Scout-bomber, on the base is scratched, "Jean Archer/Tas/1941". The second aircraft is missing its propeller and has a piece of white metal coating missing from the top of one wing, otherwise fine. (2)