Plate, 8.25 inches diameter. Blue transfer. Printed maker's mark for Davenport. In this version of the "Eton" pattern, the central image consists of a small raptor-like bird perched on a leafy branch with some additional smaller foliage behind. Two rectangular, picture-frame cartouches superimposed over flowers and foliage sit to the upper and lower right. Both cartouches feature scenes of cottages in the woods.

John Davenport was an apprentice to Thomas Wolfe at Stoke and then worked in partnership with him as a china manufacturer in Liverpool. In 1793 Davenport took over John Brindley's pottery factory at Longport. John Davenport died c. 1830 and the business was continued by his sons Henry and William who extended the works. When Henry died, the business name was changed to W. Davenport & Co. After William died in 1869 the business was continued by his son Henry (grandson of the original founder John Davenport) until its closure in 1887.