Plate, 9.5 inches diameter. Brown transfer. Printed maker's mark for Davenport. This asymmetrical pattern features large and small flowers blooming in three different groupings. A large parrot commands center stage while a smaller bird is perched on a branch in a cartouche in the upper section of the pattern.

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.