Compote, 9.1 x 9.1 x 2.25 inches. Brown transfer with polychrome clobbering and gilding. Printed maker's mark for Dunn, Bennett & Co. This pattern features a kingfisher standing on the ground amidst flowers and palm fronds, while another kingfisher flies above. A bird with long tail feathers is perched in the palm fronds.

Dunn, Bennett & Co. was a manufacturer of earthenware and ironstone at a number of sites, originally in Hanley and then, from 1886, in Burslem, Staffordshire. Established in 1876 by William Dunn and his son-in-law William Wood-Bennett. Dunn, Bennett & Co manufactured earthenware and ironstone for both the home and American markets. Around 1908 it was incorporated as a limited company.