Plate, 10 inches diameter. Brown transfer. Printed maker's mark for Wallis Gimson & Co. The Rd. No. indicates a pattern registration date of 1885. This pattern features a bird perched on the lower rung of a trellis from the left side of which is hung a basket of fuchsias, the flower heads out of proportion. "Fuschia" by John Tams is almost identical to this one. Both are marked with the same Rd. No., so perhaps Tams somehow got ahold of the copper plates and also used the pattern. The checkered hanging pot is full of flowering fuchsia, and a vine swing holds the bird. The bird sits quietly on the swing on this plate as opposed to the bird in the Tams version which sits with wings outstretched. Here also the fuchsia plant/blossom extends further into the plate, and a small insect is seen on the far right. The variations could indicate the pattern adjustments to different sizes in the dinner service or it may be that Tams produced their own version of the pattern while still using the same Rd. No. as Wallis Gimson & Co.

Gimson specialized in making ware in a series such as ‘The World’ and ‘Achievements of Notable Victorians.’ In February the partnership between Joseph Gimson Jr. and Thomas Wallis Gimson was dissolved and Thomas W. Gimson continued on his own account. At the time of bankruptcy of the business it was Thomas Wallis Gimson who was trading as Wallis Gimson & Co.