Manufacturer: Minton & Co.
 
Date of Manufacture: 1845-50
 
Type: Encaustic plastic clay floor tile.
 
Description: Early Minton tile with heraldic and ecclesiatical elements and with maker's marks and twenty-five stabbed holes to the verso. From the Hans van Lemmen collection.
 
Design: Central 6-pointed flower within a hexafoil with trefoil buds inside a circle with heraldic birds at the corners. 
 
Colours: Terracotta red and buff.
 
Dimensions: 6" x 6" x 7/8" (147 mm x 147 mm x 22 mm)
 
Condition: Surface marks and nibbles (see photos).