Vase, 5 inches tall. Red transfer. Printed maker's mark for Whittaker & Co. This pattern features a central clamshell on both sides, depicting a water scene with a sailing ship, seagulls, and a buoy. Behind the clamshell are a variety of seaweeds.

Whittaker & Co. was a brief series of partnerships of earthenware manufacturers, operating the Hallfield Pottery, built in 1882) in Hanley, Staffordshire. The original partners were Lewis Whittaker, James Edge, Samuel Heath, John Henry Weatherby, and Robert Rowley. Whittaker, Edge & Co: 1882-1886. Whittaker & Co: 1886-1892. Whittaker, Heath & Co: 1892-1898.