Plate, 10.25 inches diameter. Printed maker's mark for William Alsager Adderley & Co. This pattern is one in the series William Alsager Adderley gave the French name for 'English' -- "Anglais." The registry diamond indicates that the series prints were registered on 20 October 1883. This pattern employs design elements characteristic of the Aesthetic Movement in England. Each scene in the series shows a countryside view in a large central cartouche with a smaller accompanying cartouche insert.

Here the larger scenic cartouche features a castle on a hill behind a river in which there are standing cattle. The insert cartouche pictures a hunter with dogs on leads. The two cartouches are superimposed on an asymmetrical splash of large and small flowers which stretches cross the plate. A small butterfly hovers in the adjacent space on the upper right.

In 1853 the lease of the Daisy Bank Pottery was sold to Messrs. Hulse Nixon and Adderley. The freehold of the premises was afterwards purchased from John Edward Heathcote Esq. by Hulse Nixon and Adderley. In 1869 Mr. Nixon died and the firm was changed to Hulse and Adderley and so continued until 1874 when Mr. Hulse having died in the preceding year, it was altered to that of William A. Adderley who was the surviving partner and then the sole proprietor of the place. The productions were china and earthenware for the home. The markets were Canada, West India, South America, Australia, New Zealand, and the operations were conducted on a large scale. Adderley’s usual trademark was a ship in full sail.