A shallow circular porcelain nursery plate featuring a central polychrome transfer-printed illustration. The scene depicts two anthropomorphic cats in Victorian-style dress; one cat stands playing a large drum while the other is crouched and playing with a striped ball. The wide rim is decorated with a mottled or sponged border in shades of sage green and gray. This style of decoration and anthropomorphic imagery is characteristic of children's tableware produced in Germany during the late 19th to early 20th centuries. No manufacturer marks are visible on the front of the plate.