Plate, 9.75 inches diameter. Black transfer. Printed maker's mark for Whittaker, Edge & Co. The registry diamond dates this pattern to 4 October 1883. The "Atlantic" pattern features a strip of four scenic cartouches, which spans the diameter of the plate. From left to right, the cartouches depict a duck in water, a sheep resting in a meadow, a sailboat on a lake, and a cow standing in a pasture. Flowers and buds on leafy stems frame the top and bottom of the cartouche strip in mirror form.

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.