Plate, 10 inches diameter. Brown transfer. Printed maker's mark for W. H. Grindley & Co. This Aesthetic sheet pattern consists of thorny hawthorn branches with clusters of leaves, blossoms, and buds.

W. H. Grindley & Co. was founded at the Newfield Pottery in 1880 by William Harry Grindley (principal partner) and Mr. Turner (the '& Co.') They produced Earthenware and Ironstone China - particularly for the Canadian, United States, South American and Australian markets. In 1891 the company moved to the Woodfield Pottery, Woodland Street, Tunstall.