Platter, 7.75 x 5.75 inches. Blue transfer. Printed maker's mark for Thomas G. Booth. This pattern features a patch of grasses and ferns on the bottom with a spray of blooming hawthorn arching around the left rim. In the well, a songbird flies towards a dragonfly. The subsequent partnership of T. G. & F. Booth also produced this pattern and other versions.

An 1880 advert reads: "manufacturer of earthenware, also best ironstone china for hotels' and ships' use, suitable for home, foreign and colonial markets" Thomas Booth (the founder of the business) had died in 1872 and his son Thomas Gimbert Booth took over the business on his own account. The title became Thomas Booth & Son. In 1876 the business was renamed to Thomas Gimbert Booth. By 1881 the factory employed 50 Men, 60 Boys, 15 Women, and 30 Girls. In 1883 Thomas Gimbert's brother Frederick also joined the business which became T. G. & F. Booth.