A humorous transferware platter featuring a scene in which a crowd of women, apparently responding to an advertisement for a wife, overwhelm an older man who fends them off with a chair, while his servant blocks the doorway from additional entrants. The design is based on Thomas Rowlandson's Dr. Syntax prints and publications. The rim is decorated with a floral garland. Within an oblong cartouche on the scene is the title "THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR A WIFE".