Platter, 12.2 x 10.2 inches (31x26cm). Blue transfer. Printed maker's mark for Bodley & Harrold. This pattern features two cartouches laid over branches of blooming dog roses. The round cartouche is divided into sixths with a stylized flower in the center and each section filled with a stylized leaf. The rectangular cartouche is composed of wooden sticks and features a scene of a boy and girl on the shore of a pond. The girl holds a flower bouquet and the boy is kneeling to prod a toy sailboat with a stick.

The Scotia Works was originally the parish workhouse of Burslem and was calculated to accommodate three hundred inmates On the establishment of unions under the Poor Law Act when the new union workhouse was erected this building was occupied as barracks and so continued for some years. It was then converted into a manufactory by Mr. James Vernon in 1857 and he in 1862 was succeeded by the firm of Edward F. Bodley & Co. At these works the usual descriptions of earthenware, printed, enameled, and gilt and ironstone china for steamship and hotel use were made. Between 1863 and 1865, the pottery was operated by the Bodley & Harrold partnership. In 1880 the company changed to Edward F. Bodley & Sons, who in 1881 removed to the New Bridge Pottery, Longport.