A small Derby campana vase and cover with a rare mark 1916

A small Derby campana vase and cover with a rare mark 1916, one side painted with fruit, the other with flowers, the circular base with colourful moths and insects, red mark for Stevenson & Hancock and painted zeppelin mark, 13.5cm. (2) The city of Derby was bombed by a zeppelin on 31st January 1916. One kiln at the factory had reached a crucial stage in the firing process when the air raid siren sounded. The kiln fire had to be extinguished and it was not until after the raid that it was found the firing had still been successful. The mark of a zeppelin was added to everything that came out of that one kiln to commemorate the event.