Trivet in pewter frame, 6 x 6 inches. Blue transfer. Maker is Sherwin & Cotton, who registered this pattern on 9 January 1880. This floral pattern features an eight-petalled stylized flower contained within a pinwheel in the center. At each corner is another stylized flower within a roundel, all connected by slender vines decorated by singular leaves.

Sherwin & Cotton were one of the greatest decorative tile makers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries commencing in 1877 and selling up to Johnsons in 1911. One of the most prolific designers especially with its famed art director George Cartlidge with a vast range of designs in numerous techniques some of which were exclusive to themselves. They made many tiles especially for the fireplace market with a wide range of five-tile panels and 6x12 for panel centerpieces and objéts d'art.