Soap dish, 5 x 3.5 inches. Green transfer. Printed maker's mark for Stonier, Hollinshead & Oliver. This unnamed pattern features a collection of unconnected botanical images. The body of the dish depicts two oak leaves and a bee in flight. The lid features a sprig of hops and a twig of acorns. The border around the insert rim and on the knob handle consists of two intertwined vines with a smaller, more delicate leafy vine winding around them.

In 1875 Hollinshead & Stonier, at that time of the Ranelagh Works, were joined in partnership by Mr. Holmes and removed to the Upper Hanley Works, where they carried on the business under the style of Holmes, Stonier and Hollinshead until 1882. Then it was changed to Stonier, Hollinshead and Oliver. They produced earthenware and white granite for the home, American, Cape, and Australian markets.