Ring, Napkin
Production date
Circa 1916
Description
A trench art brass napkin ring fashioned from a shell case. " TO AUNTY FROM / TROOPER CHENEY / CAIRO 1916 " is marked on the exterior along with a sphinx like figure.
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Object detail
Artist/Maker
Production role
Maker
Production date
Circa 1916
Production place
Classification
Collection
Credit line
This
trench
art
napkin
ring
is
thought
to
have
been
decorated
by
Trooper
Harry
Cheney,
who
came
from
Manaia,
south
Taranaki.
According
to
information
on
Auckland
War
Memorial
Museum's
Cenotaph
database
Cheney
embarked
with
the
5th
Reinforcements
of
the
Wellington
Mounted
Rifles
and
arrived
in
Egypt
in
mid
1915.
The
napkin
ring
was
donated
to
Taranaki
Museum
in
1967
as
part
of
a
collection
of
souvenirs
and
other
items
made
by
Nell
Christie.
Accession number
A70.257
Collection type
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