This vase is made to commemorate the centenary of the end of the first world war which ran from 1914 to 1918.
It is made largely of segments of European Oak, bordered top and bottom with black Ebony. The central feature ring is based on brown Walnut, representing the mud of ‘Flanders Fields’. There are 6 poppies made from Bloodwood, the poppy being the symbol of remembrance of the Royal British Legion. There are also 6 white doves made using a white epoxy resin, the white doves being an international symbol of peace. The feature ring in the neck says 11.11.11., (eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) this being the time for remembering those who fell in this and other conflicts. The black ebony base has inset into two old British half crowns. The one inside is dated 1914 and the one on the outside is dated 1918.