Found Collections: Arrowheads

The instinct for humans to accumulate arrowheads is, no doubt, of a primal order. Equally instinctive, must be the need to arrange them once collected. And, indeed, no matter how simple, intricate, or even haphazard an array of arrowheads might be, we will most likely find it pleasurable to behold.

























For more beautiful ammunition, see the cartridge boards posted a while back.
Images are from sales and auction sites.

Cartridge Display Boards

Be it a pyramid of oranges at the greengrocer’s, a Whitman Sampler, a strand of graduated pearls, or even data on a spreadsheet, there is something supremely satisfying and comforting about an orderly arrangement. Its appeal is so primal and basic, that even ammo, when carefully mounted and displayed, is quite beautiful.

UK companies Eley, founded in 1820, and Kynoch, established in 1862, eventually became part of Nobel Industries. This board is c. 1910



Kynoch Ammunition


Nobel Cartridge Display Board


Nobel Industries, Eley cartridge display board


Gevelot cartridge display board


Winchester display board


U.S. Cartridge Co. cartridge board, c. 1886. Great frame!


Eley's Sporting ammunition board


Eley ammunition cartridge display board


Nobel Industries, comprehensive arrangement illustrating every stage in the 'Manufacture Of A 5/8in. Lined Cartridge' from blank and plain tube components to the finished 'Zenith' Gastight cartridge in both complete and cut-away form.


This silk-scarf design is taken from a 1935 Purdey cartridge display. 35” x 36”, $351