Manufacturer: Minton & Co.
 
Date of Manufacture: October 1871
 
Type: Inlaid and glazed plastic clay floor tile.
 
Description: Decorated floor tile with maker's and registered marks and twenty five stabbed holes and the number 8 to the rear. From the Hans van Lemmen Collection.
 
Design: Repeating pattern of cardinal, floral crosses in neo-medieval style.
 
Colours: Blue, light green, dark green, white and brown.
 
Dimensions: 6" x 6" x 1" (150 mm x 150 mm x 24 mm)
 
Condition:  One corner is chipped and other chips and nibbles (see photos).