Sugar bowl, 8.75 inches tall. Black transfer. Printed maker's mark for the Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd.
This floral pattern features a stylized vine with sunflowers, leaves, and Japanese mon filled with stylized floral motifs. A scaled down version of the same pattern is found on the lid. The handles are decorated with a stylized leaf and berry pattern. The border consists of a simple band of continuous dots.

The Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd. was an 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.