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ID number:  WB-HC0799
Institution:  Winterbourne House and Garden
Named collection:  Winterbourne War Collection
Title / Object name:  Match box holder made from first world war scrap metal
Object type:  Trench art
Date made:  1914-1920
Materials:  Brass; Paper
Measurements:  overall: 6 cm x 4.2 cm (H x W x D x Dia x Wt)

Match box made from first world war scrap metal with remains of original match box inside. Inscribed with image of castle on one side, lighthouse on the other side, and on spine inscribed G. Williams 1914 1919. Possibly made from Zeppelin wreckage picked up at Salonika.

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