Platter, 18 x 15 inches. Brown transfer. Printed maker's mark belonging to Whittingham, Ford & Riley dates this pattern to c. 1876-1882. There are three cartouches, oval, rectangular, and round, which contain three different infills. The round cartouche shows two sailboats with sailors on the water with mountains in the background. The rectangular cartouche features a man fishing in a river opposite a cliff with a castle on top and an arched bridge spanning the middle ground. The oval cartouche is infilled with small flowers and leaves. Behind the cartouches are flowering branches and ferns. The "Tunis" pattern was continued by the firm Ford & Riley, who took over from Whittingham, Ford & Riley.

Whittingham, Ford & Co. began at the High Street Potteries of Burslem, Staffordshire, England, and operated from 1868 to 1873. In 1876, the company moved to its eventual permanent home at Newcastle Street, Burslem, operating under the name Whittingham, Ford & Riley. From 1882 to 1893, the growing company took the name Ford & Riley, then Ford & Sons from 1893 to 1908, with the Ltd. designation added in 1908, and continuing until 1938.