Plate, 10.75 inches diameter. Brown transfer with gilding. Printed maker's mark for the Barker Bros. The pattern name is "No. 374." This pattern features a central image of an ivy wreath with clusters of small flowerheads. The wide border consists of the same ivy and flower-cluster pattern with the addition of a group consisting of a key fret design with a circular cartouche filled with geometric patterns interspersed evenly around the rim. A think gilded line appears around the rim.

Barker Bros. was a china and earthenware manufacturer in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England. From 1876 to 1880/1882 they operated at Gold Street, Longton and from 1882 at the Meir Works, Barker Street, off High Street (now Uttoxeter Road), Longton. They became a limited company in 1882. In 1910 the business was bought by the brothers William and Arthur Hewitt. The name 'Barker Bros.' continued to be used.