Plate, Chelsea shape, 8.5 inches diameter. Impressed maker's mark for W. T. Copeland & Sons. The Copeland B impressed mark denoting special earthenware clay body. The impressed L80 indicates a manufacture date of July 1880. The painted number 2 on top denotes earthenware. The pattern on the inside of the dish shows a large bunch of green grapes at one side and a large bunch of red grapes at the other. The rest of the surface of the inside and out displays an array of colored leaves of various shapes and sizes. Curly tendrils from rust colored branches add more interest to the mix.

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.