Plate, 9.5 x 9.5 inches. Black transfer with polychrome clobbering. Impressed maker's mark for W. T. Copeland & Sons. The impressed "J80" indicates a manufacture date of January 1880. Red-painted pattern number 2/1119. This floral pattern features clusters of blooming morning glories superimposed over feathery foliage placed around the well. The molded rim and handles are painted to represent a branch with a twining vine and flowers and leave.

W. T. Copeland was the only son of William Copeland, partner of Josiah Spode in the Stoke Potteries, of Staffordshire and of Portugal Street, London. He succeeded his father as head of the porcelain firm in Portugal Street, London and eventually bought out the interests of the Spode family in the business in the Potteries and London. He ran the business in partnership with Thomas Garrett between 1833 and 1847. After the dissolution of the Copeland and Garrett partnership, it traded as W.T. Copeland and Sons. (1847-1976). In 1866 Copeland was appointed china and glass manufacturer to the Prince of Wales.