Serving plate, 9 x 8.25 inches. Brown transfer. Printed maker's mark for G. W. Turner & Sons. This pattern features very large plantain leaves, berries, and tropical foliage. A small urn with a scene of a castle beyond water and trees, is nestled into this display. Across the bottom is a band of basketweave with two butterflies scattered across it.

From 1861 to 1873 as Turner & Tomkinson when Tomkinson retired and the business was carried on by George Wardle Turner and his sons under the style of G.W. Turner & Sons. From c. 1887 to 1892 they also operated at the Alexandra Pottery, Scotia Road, Tunstall. "The goods produced were ordinary printed and enamelled earthenware in dinner, toilet, and other services for the home and colonial markets." Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900