Plate, 9.5 inches diameter. Black transfer. The printed mark on the back indicates Old Hall Earthenware Co. and the pattern name "Basket". The border consists of several bands. The outermost is a dart-like single line. The broader border consists of a chain of flowers and leaves on a basketweave background The center features an overflowing basket of flowers with two butterflies hovering nearby -- one on each side. This is also placed against a basketweave background. A broad band of white separates the border from the center pattern.

English pottery established in the Staffordshire town of Hanley in 1805 by Job Meigh (d 1817). It was successively known as Job Meigh (1805–12), Job Meigh & Son (1812–34), Charles Meigh (1834–49), C. Meigh, Son & Pankhurst (1850–51), Charles Meigh & Son (1851–61), Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd (1861–86) and Old Hall Porcelain Works Ltd (1886–1902). In March 1861 Charles Meigh Jr. transferred the business to a limited liability company called the Old Hall Earthenware Co Ltd. This was the first limited liability company in the Staffordshire Potteries. In the 1880s the designers included Christopher Dresser. The pottery closed in 1902 and the Old Hall Works was demolished in 1904.