Square ceramic tile painted yellow-brown with dark brown design overtop. Surface and sides are glazed. Two plain lines around all edges. Central design of a large hibiscus flower. Raised grid across entire back of tile. Inscription on back with manufacturer's name, Minton Hollins.

• Iconographic Meaning

  Could be a type of Cucurbitaceae, also known as the gourd family, depicted flowering. Gourd trees are sometimes a symbol of Christ’s resurrection.

• Specific Techniques

  Tile was manufactured by dust-pressing, a technique that uses clay milled to a fine powder with low moisture content, then pressed in a die at high pressure. The design was transfer-printed, a technique in which an image from an engraved plate is transferred to a tile, usually, requiring transfer paper to be run through a printing press with the engraved plate to pick up the ink, the design from the transfer paper could then be rubbed onto the tile.

• Cultural Context

  Wall tile.

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• Type of Item tile
• Culture English
• Material clay, paint, glaze
• Manufacturing Technique dust-pressed, transfer-printed
• Measurements height 15.4 cm, width 15.4 cm, depth 1.2 cm (overall)

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• Creator Mintons
• Previous Owner Judith Stoffman
• Received from Judith Stoffman

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• Made in United Kingdom, Stoke-on-Trent

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• Creation Date between 1860 and 1900
• Ownership Date before October 30, 2019
• Acquisition Date on October 30, 2019

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3401/0025