Plate, 9.5 inches diameter. Brown transfer. Printed maker's mark for Whittaker & Co. This pattern features a circular cartouche in the center with a large medieval castle complete with moat and drawbridge. Two small figures in a rowboat approach the drawbridge on the water. The cartouche is framed by thorny branches, which are in turn framed by apple blossom branches. The border consists of a simple chain of "W" figures tipped with small circles.

A brief series of partnerships of earthenware manufacturers, operating the Hallfield Pottery, built in 1882) in Hanley, Staffordshire. The original partners were Lewis Whittaker, James Edge, Samuel Heath, John Henry Weatherby, and Robert Rowley. Whittaker, Edge & Co.: 1882-1886. Whittaker & Co.: 1886-1892. Whittaker, Heath & Co.: 1892-1898.