Manufacturer: Robert Minton Taylor.
 
Date of Manufacture: circa 1875
 
Type: Inlaid encaustic clay tile of sandwich construction.
 
Description: Decorated floor tile showing symbols of the Passion of Christ with maker's marks and twenty-five stabbed holes to the rear. 
 
Design: Three nails in a Crown of Thorns on a blue, lobed quatrefoil set in a circle with foliate spandrels.
 
Colours: Blue, brown and buff.
 
Dimensions: 6" x 6" x 1" (150 mm x 150 mm x 24 mm)
 
Condition: Chips and nibbles and some mortar adhering to the edges (see photos).