Serving plate, 10 inches diameter. Black transfer. Printed maker's mark for W. H. Grindley & Co. The registry diamond dates the pattern registration date to 6 October 1883. The central image consists of a circular cartouche framed by cattails and filled with a landscape scene containing a pond bordered by cattails and trees with mountains in the distance. The elaborate border contains cartouches filled with flowers connected by dense, curving stems of flowers and foliage.

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.