A white earthenware plate, transfer-printed with the logo of George Thompson and Co. Ltd. Aberdeen Line, London. The house flag, shown with the colours in monochrome as represented in engraving, is divided horozontally red over blue with a white star in the centre. On a scroll below is the inscription 'THE ABERDEEN LINE'. There are blue painted lines around the border of the plate. The maker's mark is printed on the base with an impressed date mark.