Bowl, 5.375 inches diameter. Brown transfer. Printed maker's mark for Whittaker & Co. An octagonal cartouche sits in the center of the plate. It contains a rural scene with an arched bridge, river and simple house. Trees complete the scene. Lush foliage of several varieties is placed behind the cartouche and in places overlaps it.

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.