Enoch Wood and Sons pays tribute to that popular nineteenth century symbol, the beehive, in these medium blue tea bowls and saucers. A vignette of rural scenery featuring a cottage and prominent hives wraps the pearlware tea bowl. The interior of the cup is decorated with a wide border of grape clusters and florals at the rim and a second beehive in the bottom. The saucer repeats the scenic study in a central medallion framed by an even broader version of the floral and grape cluster border.

Our attribution to Enoch Wood and Sons is based on three pieces in the pattern owned previously, which shared the blank Wood used for the "British Cities" series.

The home of the busy bee appears in many tableware patterns to urge us toward industrious habits.