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Porringer decorated in brown, blue and green on a cream ground. In the centre of the hollow of the porringer are four brown dots, surrounded by a swirling deisgn of feather like forms forming a complete ring in green, blue, and brown. Around the edge two concentric brown lines form a border between which is a band of simple brown chevrons.
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