A BRASS TRENCH ART ARTILLERY SHELL STICKSTAND DATED '1942' applied with four Royal Artillery crests, including one surmounted with the Royal Coat of Arms, inscribed 'Director, Royal Artillery Museum, 1990-1998, With thanks, for your, wonderful support', further stamped '37" Gun, Lot 3196, RLB, 1942' to the base 67.5cm high Provenance Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) The Trustees of Exbury House Catalogue Note The Royal Artillery Museum was one of the world's oldest military museums. It first opened to the public in Woolwich in 1820. Edmund de Rothschild was a director between 1990 and 1998.

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