With the "Conversation" pattern, Masons follows the well-established tradition of Chinoiserie garden tableaux. Chinese figures in black transfer printing are brought to life by a slap-dash application of watercolor-like enamels. In the primary scene, seven figures appear -- caught in the midst of animated conversation.  Though not identical, a similar scene decorates the other side.  Thinly applied colors create shimmering blue and pink highlights, including a field of crescent shaped clouds sheltering the scenes.

Borders of florals, stylized butterflies and grid-work reserves circle the neck inside and out.  Patches of bright orange/red separating the scenes foreshadow a similar element in the later "Red Scale" pattern. A thin wash of ochre lustre on the rim and inside the handle approximates the effect of costly gilding. 

In this early jug Masons abandons the shapes we commonly associate with the pottery and seems to look toward simple utilitarian shapes of earlier periods. The fat belly and relatively narrow collar even recall the continental stonewares of the seventeenth century. Slight irregularities in the potting reinforce the rustic effect. The handle, though simple in its form and application, nevertheless brings energy to the profile with its sweeping arc. It is this sort of brio, seen as well in the dabbed-on enamel colors, that sets Masons apart from its contemporaries and endears the pottery to its collectors.