Jug, white stoneware, vitreous glaze inside, smear-glazed outside, relief-moulded 'Union' pattern, assemblages of roses, thistles and shamrocks, the emblems of the United Kingdom, against a painted blue slip background; base, moulded factory mark in the

Jug, white stoneware, vitreous glaze inside, smear-glazed outside, relief-moulded 'Union' pattern, assemblages of roses, thistles and shamrocks, the emblems of the United Kingdom, against a painted blue slip background; base, moulded factory mark in the form of a Staffordshire knot, and pattern name and registered design mark with encoded date of 4th December 1861, both apparently impressed on applied pads, made by William Brownfield, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1861+
the pattern name, Union, and its subject of UK national symbols was probably inspired by the 60th anniversary of the implementation of the act to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1st January 1801