Platter, 12.75 x 10.125 inches. Brown transfer. Printed maker's mark for Davenport. This pattern features a circular design composed of a large flower surrounded by bursting buds and full leaves and contained by a circular frame with repeating geometric elements. These motifs are encircled by angular branches of prunus blossoms and buds. A very wide border fills the rim of the plate. It is divided into three sections containing a plethora of flowers, leaves, buds, fruit, reeds, grasses, birds, and a rising sun. The inner and outer edges of the border feature distinctive bands.

John Davenport was an apprentice to Thomas Wolfe at Stoke and then worked in partnership with him as a china manufacturer in Liverpool. In 1793 Davenport took over John Brindley's pottery factory at Longport. John Davenport died c. 1830 and the business was continued by his sons Henry and William who extended the works. When Henry died, the business name was changed to W. Davenport & Co. After William died in 1869 the business was continued by his son Henry (grandson of the original founder John Davenport) until its closure in 1887.