Platter, 14 x 11.25 inches diameter. Brown transfer. Impressed maker's mark for Pountney & Co. The impressed "88" indicates a production year of 1888. This pattern is a colorful, dynamic pattern with four cartouches, two of which represent harvest time. Wheat stalks and various flowers (morning glories, roses, forget-me-nots) are behind the cartouches. The center cartouche shows two people in a field with small haystacks. There is a curling ribbon behind the cartouche as well as a wheat stalk and a rose branch. In the first additional image, a girl in a long dress with a rake is raking the wheat. Morning glories and a ribbon are behind this cartouche.

In 1786 the Temple Back Pottery for fine earthenware was established at No. 9, Water Lane, Temple Street, by Joseph Ring. On April 5, 1788 Joseph Ring died. The business was carried on as usual under the firm of Ring, Taylor, & Carter. In 1813 a deed of partnership between Joseph Ring (son of the late owner), Henry Carter, and John D. Pountney was drawn up, but through the death of Ring, the deed was not executed. The business was therefore carried on by Pountney and Carter, under the style of Elizabeth Ring & Co., until 1816, when Carter retired and was succeeded by Edward Allies, the style being Pountney & Allies. Mr. Allies retired in 1835, and in the following year Mr. Gouldney entered into partnership and retired in 1850. Mr. Pountney died in 1852, and the works were continued by his widow until her death in 1872, under the style of Pountney & Co., when they were purchased by Mr. H. S. Cobden, of the Victoria Pottery.