Manufacturer: Minton & Co.
 
Date of Manufacture:
 
Type: Encaustic plastic clay floor tile.
 
Description: Early Minton tile with heraldic and ecclesiatical elements and with maker's marks and twenty-four stabbed holes to the verso. 
 
Design: Array of floral elements with four black birds set in circles. Attributed to A. W. N. Pugin.
 
Colours: Terracotta red, black and buff.
 
Dimensions: 6" x 6" x 1" (148 mm x 148 mm x 25 mm)
 
Condition: Nibbles and some rubbing of the glaze and surface marks (see photos).