Plate, 9.5 inches diameter. Blue transfer. Maker is Stonier, Hollinshead & Oliver. The mark on the back is that of the New York importer, Robert Slimmon & Co. Nothing is known regarding the street location or dating of the retailer. The pattern is cut into three large cartouches separated by narrow borders filled with zig-zag lines. The two outside cartouches are full of flowers and leaves on both patterns; however in the center cartouche, the blue-printed pattern features a boat with two open sails on the water. The scene is surrounded by a flower and large leaf, a cattail plant and two butterflies overhead.

Upper Hanley Works, High Street. In 1875 Messrs. Hollinshead & Stonier, at that time of the Ranelagh Works, were joined in partnership by Mr. Holmes and removed to this manufactory where they carried on the business under the style of Holmes, Stonier and Hollinshead until 1882. Then it was changed to Stonier, Hollinshead and Oliver. Their productions are the more useful classes of earthenware and white granite for the home, American, Cape, and Australian markets.