Folk and Fable Antiques has dated this Ww1 Engraved Horn Beaker to the 1910s.
To the back it reads: “Old Bill says, take a nip nightly and think of Blighty. Cambrai, 1917”.
Old Bill was created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, a British soldier and artist. Portrayed as a grumbling walrus-moustached veteran soldier. He was a symbol of British ‘Tommies’ and their gallows humour spirit during the war.
‘Cambrai’ refers to the Battle of Cambrai, France.
The Battle of Cambrai in 1917 was a major British offensive on the Western Front remembered for the first massed, effective use of tanks, a surprise artillery plan, and a powerful German counter-attack.
Condition is good, commensurate with age and use. Structurally sound.
Measures 8cm x 5.5cm
Weighs 41.57 grams
Folk and Fable Antiques has dated this Ww1 Engraved Horn Beaker to the 1910s.
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Rare Antique World War 1 Folk Art Horn Beaker ‘Old Bill’ Cambrai 1917
