Plate, 7 inches inches diameter. Blue transfer. Printed maker's marks for Winkle & Wood and F. Winkle & Co. The Rd. Nos. indicate pattern registration dates of 1886 and 1887. The pattern consists of a central circle composed of floral sheet pattern of stylized flowerheads and diamonds, bordered by a narrow band of repeated vertical impressed ridges, and another narrow band of the same floral sheet pattern.

A business between Winkle and Wood started in 1885 at the Pearl Pottery in Hanley. In 1888 Winkle and Wood jointly opened the purpose built Colonial Pottery Works in Whieldon Road on the border of Stoke and Fenton. In 1890 F. Winkle continued on his own at the Colonial Pottery and Wood continued at the Pearl Pottery works in Hanley. In the early 1900s the business was owned by the Hewitt Brothers - William and Joseph - who were later also the owners of Barker Bros in Longton The business continued under the name F. Winkle & Co. Ltd.