The unusual triangular shape of this ware was called Tricorn and introduced in the late 1950s. One of the popular patterns designed on this shape was Barbecue a series of four plates with comical pictures entitled No Comment. Harold Holdway, the then Art Director, designed the pattern.

S3244 depicted a lamppost and dog's paw prints
S3251 depicted a cockerel bemused with duckling by hen
S3252 depicted a black cat being propelled to the moon by an old boot
S3253 depicted steeplechase with monkey as jockey on a kangaroo

The backstamp showed the word BARBECUE as if written on a fence with SPODE Copeland ENGLAND underneath.