Platter, 18 x 14.5 inches. Black transfer with polychrome clobbering. Printed maker's mark for Thomas Booth & Sons of the New Hall Pottery in Hanley, Staffordshire, England. This simple pattern features three branches of English ivy placed opposite each other on two sides and a simple double line in green and brown.

In the 1871 census Thomas was listed as an "earthenware manufacturer." Around 1872 the business relocated to the New Hall Works and Thomas took his two sons, Walter and Henry, into partnership. From May 1872 to March 1875 there were at least 5 earthenware design registrations made by Thomas Booth & Sons, New Hall Works, Hanley. In September 1874 Thomas Booth retired from the partnership with his sons. The notice records that they operated as "Earthenware Manufacturers and Metal Mounters" in Hanley and "at Brownfields, near Longton... as Colliery Proprietors." Walter and Henry continued, retaining the name Thomas Booth & Sons. In April 1877 the business was liquidated and the first notice issued for a meeting of creditors to be held on the 16th of April 1877, "instituted by Walter Booth and Henry Booth, both of 76, High Street, Hanley.. carrying on business as Manufacturers of Earthenware, at the New Hall Works, Hanley.. and as Colliery Proprietors, at the Brownfields Colliery, Longton.." NOTE: There is no known relation between this Thomas Booth & Sons and Thomas Booth & Son of Burslem & Tunstall.