Tureen, 9 x 6.25 x 6 inches. Brown transfer. Maker is William Lowe. This pattern features three motifs. The largest consists of a circular cartouche with a double-line border containing an image of distant mountains with water and trees in the foreground. The cartouche is laid over branches of large blossoms. The second-largest motif consists of a three-dimensional ring cartouche containing an image of a waterbird extending its beak down toward water. A blossoming branch is placed through the opening in the ring. The last motif consists of a flowering branch. The motif with the circular cartouche is repeated on both sides of the tureen body.

William Lowe was previously in partnership with John Tams at the St. Gregory's Works in Longton, Staffordshire as Tams & Lowe. After the partnership ended in February 1875, John Tams set up business at the Crown Pottery in Longton, and William Lowe remained at the St. Gregory's Works. In 1879, William Lowe built the Sydney Works to the rear in Sutherland Road for the china department. William Lowe died in 1898 and the business continued under his name. Around 1918, the business was taken over by Thomas C. Wild & Sons, but the business continued under the William Lowe name until its closure around 1930.