Plate, 8.75 inches diameter. Brown transfer with painted rim. Impressed maker's mark for George Jones & Sons. The painted pattern number is '5452.' This pattern is part of a dessert set series of 12 scenes. This pattern features a teenaged boy and girl seated and swinging in a braided vine swing attached to a branch. The young girl wears a skull cap over her long hair and appears to be wearing tights with a long overskirt and tunic top. She is wearing sandals. The young boy is wearing tights with knee-high stockings. A wire fence on top of a stone block fence is a backdrop. Various weeds and small shrubs are found at their feet.

At the age of 14 George Jones started a seven-year apprenticeship with Minton. After completion in 1844 he worked as a traveling salesman for Wedgwood. By 1850 George had established himself as a successful pottery merchant and by 1856 he had opened a pottery showroom in Glebe Street, Stoke. George started manufacturing around 1861 at the Bridge Works, Stoke, as George Jones & Co. In 1864 he purchased land from Colin Minton Campbell and in 1865 the company moved to the newly built factory - the Trent Potteries. Production of majolica ware started in 1865. From 1872 china production was started. By 1873 the two eldest sons, Frank Ralph Jones and George Henry Jones became partners in the business which was renamed George Jones & Sons. 'Crescent' was registered as a trademark for the new company. At this time the business had 590 employees. In 1894 the business was incorporated as George Jones and Sons Ltd. George Jones died in 1893 and the business continued under the name 'George Jones & Sons.' Around 1907 the works were renamed 'Crescent Potteries.'