Plate, 9.5 inches diameter. Printed maker's mark for the Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd. The registry diamond dates the pattern registration to 15 December 1882. The pattern shows a barnyard scene with animals being fed by the farmer. The farm house is in the distance to the right. In the middle ground is a low thatched-roof shed for storing hay and a dovecote on a long pole. A dovecote is a small compartmented raised house or box for domestic pigeons. The border is quite ornate with a basketwork background, and a grapevine around the edge from which foliage and clusters of fruit are suspended.

The Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd. was an English pottery established in the Staffordshire town of Hanley in 1805 by Job Meigh (d 1817). It was successively known as Job Meigh (1805–12), Job Meigh & Son (1812–34), Charles Meigh (1834–49), C. Meigh, Son & Pankhurst (1850–51), Charles Meigh & Son (1851–61), Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd (1861–86) and Old Hall Porcelain Works Ltd (1886–1902). In March 1861 Charles Meigh Jr. transferred the business to a limited liability company called the Old Hall Earthenware Co Ltd. This was the first limited liability company in the Staffordshire Potteries. In the 1880s the designers included Christopher Dresser. The pottery closed in 1902 and the Old Hall Works was demolished in 1904.