Manufacturer: Minton & Co.

Date of Manufacture: circa 1835

Type: Inlaid plastic clay floor tile.

Description: Encaustic tile with a geometric design and with random stabbed holes to the verso.

Design: Central floral rosette inside a four-lobed quatrefoil, enclosed by a circular border and small trefoil leaf motifs in the corners.

Colours: Terracotta red and buff. Dimensions: 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" x 15/16th" (147 mm x 147 mm x 24 mm)

Condition: Chips, nibbles, surface discolouration and mortar adhering to verso and sides (see photos).

Note: This tile features in the earliest pattern book of the first encaustic tiles made in England by Herbert Minton, 1835. https://www.themintonarchive.org.uk/collections/getrecord/GB1857_G272_1_5_13_3_23