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World War I Artillery Shell Vase
Located in New Orleans, LA
World War I Artillery Shell Vase. Canadian shell base. Marked.
Category

Early 20th Century European Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

Antique WWI Trench Art Engraved Brass Artillery Shell Table Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
Antique WWI Trench Art Engraved Brass Artillery Shell Table Lamp Offered for sale is a unique and
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Early 20th Century American Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

1880s Leather English Army Artillery Shell Converted into An Ice Bucket
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s English army artillery shell converted into an ice bucket.
Category

1880s Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Leather

Polte Magdeburg 1911 WWI Brass Artillery Shell Casing Stool
Located in Hanover, MA
Massive World War I brass artillery shell case marked "Polte Magdeburg Juni 1911" fitted with
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1910s German Folk Art Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

Japanese Antique Artillery Shell 1900s-1920s / Iron Ball Object Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old Japanese artillery shell. From its appearance, it is assumed that it is an iron
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1910s Japanese Showa Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Iron

Antique Royal Artillery Shell Carrier Stick Stand
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An impressive antique shell or cordite carrier featuring a royal crest, later used as a stick stand
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Early 20th Century English Victorian Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Leather, Canvas

Antique Royal Artillery Shell Carrier Stick Stand
Antique Royal Artillery Shell Carrier Stick Stand
$1,094
H 20.48 in W 7.09 in D 7.09 in
Pair of WW1 British Brass Artillery Shells Dated 1917
Located in Dallas, TX
War (WWI 1914-1918). Made of brass, the impressive pieces of artillery are round in shape and dated on
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

Antique American Gorham Silver Plate Artillery Shell Cocktail Shaker, Circa 1918
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare Antique American silver plate, copper and brass artillery 18 pound shell cocktail shaker
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass, Copper

Pair of WWI Antique Trench Art Brass Artillery Shell Vases France 75mm
Located in Greer, SC
Pair of antique WWI trench art shell vases with wonderful repousse work. Features oak leaves and
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Early 20th Century Unknown Other Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

Artillery Carrier Lamp
Located in Greenwich, CT
19th century artillery shell carrier, England circa 1900, now as lamp and having original leather
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Leather, Canvas, Cork

Artillery Carrier Lamp
Artillery Carrier Lamp
$975
H 19 in Dm 6.5 in
Antique Brass Artillery Double Shell Trench Art Table Lamp on Black Marble Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trench Art lamp fashioned from two stacked brass and chrome high caliber artillery shells mounted
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1910s American Machine Age Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Marble, Brass, Chrome

Pair of WW One French Trench Artillery Brass Shell Casings with Foliage Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
. Created in France, and dated 1916, each artillery shell is made of brass, and features repousse floral and
Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

WWI German Trench Artillery Brass Shell Casing with Engraved Foliage Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
in Germany, and dated 1918, this World War I artillery shell casing has been masterfully transformed
Category

Early 20th Century German Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

Early 20th Century Bronze Trench Art Bank
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible early 20th century American Trench Art bronze bank made from a spent artillery shell
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Early 20th Century American Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Bronze

Pair of WW One French "Argonne" Trench Artillery Brass Shell Casings
Located in Dallas, TX
. Created in France, and dated 1916, each artillery shell is made of brass, and features repousse floral and
Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

Original Antique Russian WWI Poster Buy Military Loan More Money More Shells
Located in London, GB
soldier looking towards the viewer for help and indicating the empty used artillery shells on the muddy
Category

1910s Russian Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Paper

Pair of Vintage WW1 Trench Art Shell Case Lamps
Located in London, GB
-1920 out of discarded brass artillery shells. The shells have been pinched and etched with decorations
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1910s British Mid-Century Modern Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Braid

Pair of Vintage WW1 Trench Art Shell Case Lamps
Pair of Vintage WW1 Trench Art Shell Case Lamps
$929 / set
H 20.08 in Dm 11.82 in
Antique WW1 Era Brass Trench Art Engraved Shell Casing Dinner Bell or Gong
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
is from an enormous solid brass artillery shell that has been cut and fashioned into a well tuned
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Early 20th Century Kuwaiti Folk Art Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

Bonaparte Toulon - Etching by Pierre-Claude Gautherot - 1837
Located in Roma, IT
the walls, and Napoleon was wounded in the ankle by a stray artillery shell. The shot had been fired
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1830s Modern Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Etching

Waste Basket From English World War I Brass Artillery Gun Shell
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
English WWI brass artillery gun shell now a waste basket. From large scale artillery, now with
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1910s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

WWI 1915 St Chamond French Artillery Cannon Shell Ice Champaign Bucket
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning WWI 1915 St Chamond French Artillery Cannon shell
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1910s French Art Deco Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

French Pair of World War I Brass Engraved Shell Casings Trench Artillery, French
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique French pair of shell casings from the World War I vases. Trench Artillery Brass engraved
Category

Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

French Pair of World War I Brass Heron Engraved Shells Casing Trench Artillery
Located in Labrit, Landes
Antique French pair of shell casings from the World War I. Trench Artillery Brass engraved
Category

Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

WWI Trench Art Knife – “souvenir De Guerre 1914–1917” – Handcrafted Shrapnel
Located in Bilzen, BE
Significance During the Great War, soldiers on the front lines repurposed leftover materials from artillery
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1910s Belgian Folk Art Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Iron

Edgar Brandt Attr., French Art Deco Wrought Table Mirror, ca. 1920's
Located in New York, NY
discarding sabot artillery shells and contributed substantially to the development of effective HEAT-warhead
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Wrought Iron

WW1 Military Print Bon Voyage, by Snaffles
By Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
shows a French artillery man holding a shell ready to load it into a gun. In the bottom margin is a
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Paper

WW1 Military Print Bon Voyage, by Snaffles
WW1 Military Print Bon Voyage, by Snaffles
$716
H 18.12 in W 14.38 in D 0.4 in
WW1 Military Print, Vimy, by Snaffles
By Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
destroyed artillery field gun with dispensed shells on the ground with bodies laying around it. This Charles
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Early 20th Century English Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Paper

WW1 Military Print, Vimy, by Snaffles
WW1 Military Print, Vimy, by Snaffles
$895
H 17.33 in W 14.97 in D 0.4 in
'Artillery Shell' Cocktail Shaker Sets by Gorham, USA
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in London, GB
Gorham, USA A complete pair of 'Artillery Shell' cocktail shakers by American maker Gorham, in
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Early 20th Century American Other Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Copper, Brass, Silver Plate

Gorham Artillery Shell Silver Plate 37 inch Antique Cocktail Shaker with Rack
By Gorham
Located in Atlanta, GA
to) Gorham in the form of a World War I era facsimile eighteen pound shrapnel artillery shell. This
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Early 20th Century American Sporting Art Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Silver Plate, Metal, Brass

Original Antique Russian WWI Poster Buy Military Loan More Money More Shells
Located in London, GB
soldier looking towards the viewer for help and indicating the empty used artillery shells on the muddy
Category

1910s Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Paper

Assembled Pair of Early 20th Century Trench Art Vases Custom Mounted as Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
An assembled pair of brass artillery shell casing trench art vases now mounted as lamps with custom
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Early 20th Century French Folk Art Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

Inscribed Patriotic Ring from the First World War
Located in Chicago, IL
even incorporate parts from artillery shells in the designs.
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1910s German Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Mixed Metal, Gold

Inscribed Patriotic Ring from the First World War
Located in Chicago, IL
events, and they might even incorporate parts from artillery shells in the designs.
Category

1910s German Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Mixed Metal, Gold

Inscribed Patriotic Ring from the First World War
Located in Chicago, IL
incorporate parts from artillery shells in the designs.
Category

1910s German Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Mixed Metal, Gold

Pair of WW1 French Trench Art, Art Deco Artillery Brass Shell Casing Vases
Located in MONTREUIL, FR
. Soldiers would repurpose the materials available to us, like brass shell casings, and hand-craft decorative
Category

1910s French Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

1920s Edgar Brandt Wrought Iron & Daum Glass Table Lamp
Located in Pasadena, CA
invented discarding-sabot artillery shells[citation needed] and contributed substantially to the
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Early 20th Century Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Wrought Iron

1920s Edgar Brandt Wrought Iron & Daum Glass Table Lamp
1920s Edgar Brandt Wrought Iron & Daum Glass Table Lamp
$29,000
H 19.24 in W 15.75 in D 6.13 in
Map of the American Revolution Siege of Yorktown
By Julius Bien
Located in New York, NY
, Washington was able to have his artillery shell the town from three directions and the allies moved some of
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1860s Realist Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Lithograph

Artillery Shell Cocktail Shaker
Located in London, GB
A magnificent silver plated cocktail shaker in the form of a WWI artillery shell, the shaker comes
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Early 20th Century British Antique Artillery Shells

Artillery Shell Table Lighters
Located in London, GB
A fabulous pair of table cigar lighters made from one pounder 'Pom-pom' artillery shells. To create
Category

Early 20th Century British Antique Artillery Shells

Artillery Shell Table Lighters
Artillery Shell Table Lighters
$3,030
H 4.25 in Dm 1.5 in
19th Century Artillery Shell Carrier
Located in Greenwich, CT
English 19th century artillery shell or cordite carrier with original leather handle, Royal coat of
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1890s English Edwardian Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Leather, Canvas, Cork

Silver Artillery Shell Condiment Set
By Jones & Crompton
Located in Northampton, GB
pair of artillery shells. Each shell is hallmarked Jones & Crompton, Birmingham, 1926. Sterling Silver
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Sterling Silver

Machine Age Artillery Shell Floor Lamp
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Stunning 1920s proto machine age floor lamp constructed from massive WWI artillery shells machined
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1920s Unknown Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

Machine Age Artillery Shell Floor Lamp
Machine Age Artillery Shell Floor Lamp
$3,800
H 79 in W 16 in D 16 in
Gorham Artillery Shell Cocktail Shaker
By Gorham
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredibly rare artillery shell cocktail shaker, crafted by the Gorham Silver Company, is one
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1920s American Art Deco Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Sterling Silver, Brass

Pair WWI Artillery Shell Trench Art Ashtrays as Polished Steel Military Hats
Located in Nantucket, MA
artillery shells, one dated 1915.
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Steel

Large British Army Canvas Artillery Shell Carrier, Zinc Lined Coal or Log Bucket
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large British Army Canvas Artillery Shell Carrier, Zinc Lined Coal or Log Bucket This is a
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Early 19th Century George III Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Leather

Artillery Shell Cocktail Shaker
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in London, GB
glasses. This eighteen pounder shrapnel shell Shaker was produced by the Gorham Company after the first
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Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Silver Plate

Artillery Shell Cocktail Shaker
Artillery Shell Cocktail Shaker
$15,000
H 36 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
Quirky Leather Umbrella Stand, or Wwi Moulded Leather Artillery Shell Carrier
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Quirky leather umbrella stand, or WWI moulded leather artillery shell carrier with three reinforced
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1910s English Industrial Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Leather

Pair of Artillery Shell Tankards
Located in London, GB
A wonderful pair of tankards made from brass WWI 18 pounder British artillery gun shells that have
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Early 20th Century British Antique Artillery Shells

Gorham, a Rare Artillery Shell Cocktail Shaker, circa 1918
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Queens, NY
Gorham, a rare artillery shell cocktail Shaker, circa 1918 Made by the Gorham Silver Company
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Early 20th Century American Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

Gorham, a Rare Artillery Shell Cocktail Shaker, circa 1918
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Queens, NY
Gorham, a rare artillery shell cocktail shaker, circa 1918 Made by the Gorham Silver Company
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Early 20th Century American Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

Gorham, a Rare Artillery Shell Cocktail Shaker, circa 1918
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Queens, NY
Gorham, a rare artillery shell cocktail shaker, circa 1918 Made by the Gorham Silver Company, with
Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

Pair of French Brass Repousse Trench Art Artillery Shell Vases Marked Verdun
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Made from spent artillery shells during the first World War, this pair of brass trench art vases
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1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

WW1 British Brass Artillery Shell Casing Vase Dated 1918
Located in Dallas, TX
Take a piece of history into your home with this authentic English shell casing from the First
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

Highly Worked French Bronze 'Rooster' Artillery Shells, circa 1914
Located in Dallas, TX
the National Guard. These bronze shells from the World War I were carved by French soldiers. Today, as
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Early 20th Century French Antique Artillery Shells

WWI Armitrice Artillery Shell Desk Lamp with Brown String Shade
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
75 M/M WWI Armistice celebration shell desk lamp with new metal string shade. "11th hour of the
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Early 20th Century American Antique Artillery Shells

Green Artillery Carrier Lamp
Located in Greenwich, CT
19th century artillery shell carrier, England circa 1900, now as lamp and having original leather
Category

Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Leather, Canvas, Cork

Green Artillery Carrier Lamp
Green Artillery Carrier Lamp
$975
H 19 in Dm 8 in
World War I French Trench Artillery Brass Shell Casing Vase with Foliage Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
France, dated 1918. Made of brass, the artillery shell casing vase feature repousse floral and leaf decor
Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Brass

WW1 Interest, Royal Artillery, Novelty Silver Salt and Pepper Pots from 1918
By Williams Ltd
Located in London, London
silver salt and pepper pots, are modelled as artillery shells, and each is engraved with the crest of the
Category

1910s English Antique Artillery Shells

Materials

Sterling Silver

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Antique Artillery Shells For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique artillery shells is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique artillery shells was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and silver. Antique artillery shells have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique artillery shells bearing Georgian or Art Deco hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique artillery shells over the years, but those made by Gorham Manufacturing Company and Williams Ltd are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Artillery Shells?

Antique artillery shells can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $875, while the lowest priced sells for $275 and the highest can go for as much as $15,000.
Questions About Antique Artillery Shells
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, if used properly, some artillery shells can explode. In the 19th century, artillery shells were designed to burst on impact causing shrapnel. Military collectors and firearm enthusiasts often proudly display artillery shells as vintage decor. Shop a selection of military memorabilia on 1stDibs.