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Plate, earthenware, circular shape with flat base, curving sides and spreading rim, a raised edge to the well, eight notches and lobes to the rim; transfer-printed in blue with to the centre of the well the 'Ladies of Llangollen' pattern, in the foreground two female figures on horseback and a male figure on foot by the side of a river with cattle standing in it, in the background a rural landscape with hills, trees, a village and a castle, a wide border to the rim of festooned flowers and foliage interspersed with stylized spiders' webs issuing garlands of flowers and foliage all on a blue ground.

The 'Ladies of Llangollen' pattern was used by the Cambrian Pottery and the Glamorgan Pottery. It is thought to represent Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby out riding.