Scalloped-edge plate, 8.75 inches diameter. Maker is F. Winkle & Co. The Rd. No. indicates a pattern registration date of 1890. This all-over pattern features a small wren clinging to a thorny branch of very large leaves. Berries, flowers, and buds are also seen to the left of the wren. There is simple gilded border and some overall randomly-sponged gilded clusters.

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.