Bomb shell
Morris Motors Ltd.
Category
Metalwork
Date
1935 - 1945
Materials
Brass
Measurements
182 mm (H)
Place of origin
Cowley
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1652219
Summary
Bomb shell. Brass. Made at Morris Motors, Cowley. William Morris souvenir. Heavy, simple, unadorned shape.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
impressed ; in body ; BU K2 \ M/M1 3X J25 \ 40 C1 K2 \ 4RL \ 4/40 ; ;
Makers and roles
Morris Motors Ltd.