Lidded toiletry dish, 9 x 3 x 3.125 inches. Black transfer with polychrome clobbering. Printed maker's mark for T. G. Booth. Painted pattern number "541." This simple floral pattern features branches of apple blossoms, buds, and leaves on the long sides of the body and on the lid. The lid rim is decorated with a single, solid line.

An 1880 advert for T. G. Booth reads: "manufacturer of earthenware, also best ironstone china for hotels' and ships' use, suitable for home, foreign and colonial markets." Thomas Booth (the founder of the business) had died in 1872 and his son Thomas Gimbert Booth took over the business on his own account. The title became Thomas Booth & Son. In 1876 the business was renamed to Thomas Gimbert Booth. By 1881 the factory employed 50 Men, 60 Boys, 15 Women, and 30 Girls. In 1883 Thomas Gimbert's brother Frederick also joined the business which became T. G. & F. Booth.