Sold for A$55
(Around outside) Helmets, Bucket with bullet holes, jam tin etc // (Centre) Old Bill standing on a hand Grenades box and juggling grenades in a trench with other soldiers trying to get away / "Keeping His Hand In" Bruce Bairnsfather. Back: A souvenir of / the / Great War / Commenced August 4th 1914 / Armistice November 11th 1918 / Peace Signed June 28th 1919 / "Bairnsfather Ware" / Grimwades / Stoke on Trent / (Old Bill) / "Old Bill" / (Faint green Grimwades stamp underneath) / 4261 / 2.. Pottery. Plate. Souvenir Plate. Sepia Tones. 194 mm diameter. 1920s
Near Mint. (9.1). Dust and grime. Holes in the rim underneath deliberately made so the plate can be displayed. Some stain on the underside. Crazing. Lovely piece.. Estimate: $70-100
