Two Staffordshire potteries produced pieces with the trademark name ‘Falcon Ware’, Thomas Lawrence and J.H. Weatherby & Sons. The name derived from the Falcon Works at Hanley where both the ranges were made. John Henry Weatherby founded the business under his name in 1891 and moved to the Falcon Works one year later. Pieces marked ‘Falcon Ware’ were produced from the mid 1920s onwards and the addition of ‘Royal’ was introduced in the 1930s as a marketing tool. There was in no sense a Royal Warrant! Accordingly, the format of the mark on this dish dates it to the 1930s and it can be seen as a modest rival to the designs of Clarice Cliff, in particular her celebrated ‘Wheatsheaf’ pattern, which other factories imitated as well. The work is, in fact, in no way inferior making this an attractive if modest souvenir of a popular 1930s design.