A Scarce WWI Period Forged Iron Caltrop c.1915 sub-Curios A stunning and most highly

A stunning and most highly sought after piece of original period painted furniture in desirable original condition

The top is slightly bowed which is common

the whole housed in a beautifully crusty glazed display case with remnants of paint

Toile de Jouy

decoupage covered with botanical specimens of the day to include several species of dried leaves indigenous to Britain

A Scarce WWI Period Forged Iron Caltrop c.1915 sub-Curios A stunning and most highlyOrigin: Probably FrenchPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1915Height: 10Depth: 12Width: 13The very sculptural forged iron WW1 period Caltrop with twelve prongs riveted to the centre, mainly used to impede cavalry in combat, surviving from the battlefields of the early twentieth century. It remains in good semi excavated condition and proves totally un meddled with. Having twelve prongs is more than most you would expect to see with three