Plate,9.5 inches diameter. Brown transfer. The initials B. & Co. in the mark refer to the Edward F. Bodley & Co., the firm preceding the partnership of Bodley & Harrold, as well as following, which indicates that the pattern was produced under more than one partnership. This pattern features wreaths of small flowers twined around Rococo roundels and curving stems of stylized leaves.

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.