Chamber pot, 9.5 x 8.5 x 5 inches. Brown transfer. Printed maker's mark for J. H. Weatherby & Sons. The Rd. No. indicates a pattern registration date of 1891. This pattern is identical on both sides and consists of a village seen on the other side of a small river with a rustic bridge. The village has thatched roofs and smoke emerges from one of the chimneys. A figure is walking towards the bridge. Lush, large flowers form a partial frame on the right of the village scene. The border is a simple chain of stylized flowers, and this border pattern is repeated on the handle of the lid.

In 1882 John Henry Weatherby was a junior partner in the earthenware company of Whittaker, Edge & Co. at the Hall Fields pottery, which was newly built in Hanley. In 1891 John Henry Weatherby left the Whittaker partnership and for a year operated on his own account from part of the Pinnox Works in the nearby town of Tunstall. Between August 1891 and April 1892 Weatherby registered four pattern designs while he was at the Pinnox Works in Tunstall. In early 1892 Weatherby transferred his business to the existing Falcon Works in the High Street, Hanley - this works was adjacent to the Hall Fields pottery where he had previously been a partner. The first pattern design registered at the Falcon Pottery was in November 1892.