Plate, 9 inches diameter. Brown transfer. Printed and impressed maker's marks for Gildea & Walker. The registry diamond indicates a pattern registration date of 27 August 1881. The "Melbourne" pattern clearly shows the influence of the anti-Victorian Aesthetic Movement on British design in the late 1800s. Here we find an asymmetry of design. At the bottom of the plate there is a compilation of floral, geometric, and pictorial segments of varying sizes. From left to right the segments contain: flowers and leaves, bats flying in the night sky under a crescent moon and star, more of the same flowers and leaves, a checkered pattern containing geometric designs including swastikas superimposed with a partial circular cartouche with a stylized flower, and a stylized floral design superimposed with a circular cartouche containing another stylized floral design. Above the segments on the bottom of the pattern to the right, a giant bamboo plant and dogwood/prunus on a shoreline frame the view. Two junks sail in the water beyond and a flock of birds flies close to shore.

In 1878 James Gildea joined the partnership of Bates & Walker. In 1881 Bates left the partnership and Gildea & Walker continued together. In 1885 James Gildea continued the business alone.