Plate, 9 inches diameter. Brown transfer. Printed maker's mark for Clementson Bros. The Rd. Nos. indicate a pattern registration date of 1886. This simple pattern consists of four motifs placed around the rim of the plate. Three motifs consists of insects, including beetles and flies, and the last consists of a hazelnut sprig.

Phoenix and Bell Works on Broad Street were both worked by Messrs. Clementson Brothers who made largely the white granite and common painted ware for America and Canada. For the latter market they also produced some good decorated ware. The back part of the Phoenix Works was originally part of John and Edward Baddeley's Broad Street Works, later Ashworth Brothers, which it adjoins. In 1832 the present business was started by Reed & Clementson, but Joseph Clementson shortly after became sole proprietor, and in 1845 enlarged the works with the exception of a large mill adjoining, which his sons completed. In 1856 Mr. Joseph Clementson purchased the Bell Works on the other side of the road opposite the Phoenix, formerly William Ridgway's. In 1867 he retired from business leaving it to his four sons. He died in 1871.