Manufacturer: Minton & Co.

Date of Manufacture: Post 1840
 
Type: Encaustic or impressed red clay floor tile.
 
Description: Edge or border tile inlaid with buff/yellow in neo-gothic style.
 
Design: Repeating, foliate, scroll pattern (in the style of Pugin after an original from the Chapter House, Westminster Abbey) in the stylised form of a fruiting vine.
 
Colours: buff and terracotta.
 
Dimensions: 6" x 4" x 1" (152 mm x 100 mm x 24 mm)
 
Condition: Fair to good with nibbles and small surface marks (see photos).