Mintons tiles : selected patterns of enamelled tiles : for walls, hearths, fire places, furniture, flower boxes, etc. ... Mintons China Works, Stoke-upon-Trent, or their London warehouse.
A trade catalogue of enamelled ceramic tiles issued by Mintons Ltd of Stoke-upon-Trent in 1870, offered through its London warehouse to architects, builders and decorators for walls, hearths, fireplaces and furniture. Its pages are sheets of tile designs in rows, each pattern labelled with a number, showing geometric grids, fleurs-de-lis, Greek key borders and scrolling foliage in blue, green, ochre and gold on white grounds, which a designer could adapt for repeat patterns, borders and surface textures.
