Manufacturer: Minton & Co.
 
Date of Manufacture: 1835 - 45
 
Type: Inlaid clay tile of sandwich construction.
 
Description: Decorated floor tile of religious design with maker's marks and twenty five stabbed holes to the rear. From the Hans van Lemmen Collection.
 
Design: Entwined letters 'IHS' (first three letters of Jesus in Greek) set on an insecting square and ordinal quatrefoil field and with crowns in the spandrels.
 
Colours: Dark blue, pale blue, brown and buff.
 
Dimensions: 6" x 6" x 1" (150 mm x 150 mm x 23 mm)
 
Condition: Chips and nibbles. (see photos).