Soup plate, 8.75 inches diameter. Blue transfer. Printed maker's mark for John Heath Davis. This pattern features a waterfall (or cascade) for which the pattern was named, the water falling through a sluice. The creek and its cascade appears in a wooded landscape with many birds flying in the distance above. To the right of this image are two motifs. The lower motif features a patch of ground with wildflowers and grasses and the upper motif features a spray of wildflowers.

The Trent Pottery, situated by the side of the North Staffordshire Canal at Eastwood, was established in 1867 by Messrs. Livesley & Davis. On the retirement of Mr. Livesley the style was changed to J. H. & J. Davis brothers. In 1875 Mr. J. Davis retired and it was carried on by Mr. J. H. Davis alone. Until latterly the productions were confined to white granite-ware for the United States, but Mr. Davis introduced the manufacture of dinner, toilet, and tea services and other articles both for the home and foreign markets. He was also an extensive maker of sanitary wares, lavatories, plug-basins, hoppers, etc.