Plate, 9.375 inches diameter. Purple transfer border with polychrome clobbering and hand-painted well. Printed maker's mark for W. T. Copeland & Sons. Red-painted pattern number 1/3249. The hand-painted scene in the well features a prawn and three fish swimming amongst a variety of seaweed. The border consists of alternating roundels with stylized flowerheads and narrow hexagons.

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.