Spear holder - howitzer trench art

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by Bill Marsh

Hi Lew and others,

The piece weighs about 40 pounds. It is quite stable.

The acorn nuts seem to be decoration as they just go through the plate. Possibly it was some part of something else, but it looks like it just looks like a big machined piece of brass. The four legs are about 14 inches tip-to-tip wide.

Someone went to a lot of work to make this, even to flaring the top edge of the shell.

Normally I do have it back against the wall, in a corner. The spears you see do not seem to be tipping it, but I would not leave it out in the hallway.


Gene,

A guy I knew needed a loan and left the kudu as collateral. That was about 20 years ago. I am not a hunter though I have several big game animals (I did not shoot).

If you look carefully in the "room" picture, you will see a blue wildebeest shoulder mount. Actually my two favorite mounts are a full body Tsavo Lion (the last one legally taken) and a cape buffalo shoulder mount.

"Dusting?" Just adds to the patina!


Fernando,

Great idea with the acrylic glued to the base.

You must have a huge house mate! I'm definately a 'break for bunnies' type of chap myself, but when I was a kid I lived in a huge 'stately home' sized house for a time while my father had the job of cataloguing the contents, and I still remember that within the endless badly lit corridors there was a huge stuffed Bear with arms outstretched which i ALWAYS gave a wide berth to! It was quite a place, suits of armour, swords and shields on the walls, tigerskin rug even an alleged ghost!
I've seen your lion, he's certainly a magnificent creature! Why was the poor chap shot? was he a maneater?

God I hate dusting! I have a couple of rather large 'exhibits' in my collection and I can honestly say I dread the twice yearly clean they need.


I do have a rather beautiful african antelope myself