Manufacturer: Minton & Co.
 
Date of Manufacture: 1835-45
 
Type: Inlaid plastic clay tile of sandwich construction.
 
Description: Decorated encaustic floor tile with neo-medieval design with makers marks and twenty-five stabbed holes to the verso.
 
Design: Eight-petal fower in an octofoil with foliate spandrels.
 
Colours: Blue, white, terracotta red and buff.
 
Dimensions: 6" x 6" x 1" (152 mm x 152 mm x 23 mm)
 
Condition:  Edge and corner chips and nibbles and some surface marks (see photos).