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Tile3401/35

Square ceramic tile painted white with dark blue designs overtop. Surface and sides are glazed. Entire background is a meander-like design. Quarter circles in each corner, with scalloped edges and floral motifs inside of them. Small white flowers depicted across surface, with three large circles towards centre of tile. Circles have scalloped edges, with loops, and floral motifs inside of them. The circle closet to the left edge has a crane. Five horizontal ridges on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Mintons China Works, stamped in between ridges. Inscription on back.

Culture
English
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
United Kingdom and Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile3401/18

Square ceramic tile painted dark yellow with dark brown designs overtop. Surface and sides are glazed. Large “X” shape covers entire front. Behind the “X”, in the centre of the tile and the corners, are circles. Along the edges, in the space between the circles in the corners, are small rectangles. All of the shapes are filled with a mixture of floral and curvilinear motifs. Five horizontal ridges on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Mintons China Works, stamped in between ridges. Inscription on back.

Culture
English
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
United Kingdom and Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile3401/24

Square ceramic tile with floral and geometric motifs painted on front. Surface and sides are glazed. Tile background is off-white. Black border of two lines, one thicker than the other, along all sides. Lines intersect at the corners. Central design of a black diamond with white leaves inside of it. In middle of diamond is a round periwinkle blue flower, with a yellow centre. Four dark brown branches extend from flower, outside of the diamond. Branches point towards tile corners. Small periwinkle blue flowers at the ends of the branches, with offshoots of dark and light green leaves on either side. Small circle and larger circular outline imprinted on back of tile. Inscription on back with manufacturer's name, T & R Boote.

Culture
English
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
United Kingdom and Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile3401/25

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.

Culture
English
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
United Kingdom and Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile3401/19

Square ceramic tile painted black with light grey-blue designs overtop. Surface is glazed, sides partially glazed. Border on all sides with rectangles inside of it. Rectangles filled with diagonal lines. Small squares at the tile corners, inside of the border, with crosses in their middles. Central design of a sandpiper, standing on one leg, surrounded by reeds. Raised grid across entire back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Minton Hollins & Co., stamped inside grid, with each letter in its own square.

Culture
English
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
United Kingdom and Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile3401/17

Square ceramic tile with floral and curvilinear motifs painted on front. All sides are glazed. Dark blue triangles in tile corners with white flowers inside of them. Central design of a dark blue diamond with an ornate vase full of flowers inside it. Both the vase and flowers are done in shades of white and light blue. Diamond outline, around central dark blue diamond, done in light blue. Outline full of curvilinear motifs, done in a dark blue. Central diamond and outline bordered by plain white lines. Five horizontal ridges on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Mintons China Works, stamped in between ridges. Inscription on back.

Culture
English
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
United Kingdom and Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile3401/8

Square ceramic tile painted white with dark blue designs overtop. Surface and sides are glazed. Each corner of tile has a large triangular, meander-like design. Dotted lines border corner designs. Plain line border around entire tile. Central design of flower with curvilinear motifs around it. Bottom edge has a horizontal line through middle. Five horizontal ridges on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Minton China Works, stamped in between ridges. Inscription on back.

Culture
English
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
United Kingdom and Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile3401/28

Square ceramic tile with floral motifs carved in relief across front. Surface is glazed. Tile painted dark olive green. Plain, raised line across top edge. Design of a flowering cherry blossom tree branch, with offshoots, covering entire surface of tile. In the background, in the bottom half of the tile, is a rectangle divided into two sections. The section on the left has a diamond grid, the section on the right has circle outlines in rows. Above the rectangle, in the top half of the tile, in the background, there are rows of small flowers, widely spaced apart. Five diagonal ridges on back, with smooth portion in the middle. Manufacturer’s mark, Mintons China Works, stamped on smooth portion. Inscription on back.

Culture
English
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
United Kingdom and Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile3401/6

Square ceramic tile with scene painted on front. Surface, sides and parts of bottom are glazed. Central design of three figures in a wooded area, done in light grey, inside of a blue circle. Two figures are on horseback, a man and woman, and a second man is lying on the ground. The reclining man is in the foreground, with a sword and shield in front of him. The tile designer's name is written on the shield. The man on horseback is wearing a crown, pointing towards the left side of the tile. All are well dressed. The blue circle the figures are inside is outlined in light grey-green and black. Edges of tile outlined in black. Stylized knots, done in light grey-green, in the four corners of the tile. Top and bottom sides of tile decorated with blue lines. Diagonal ridges on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Minton China Works, stamped in between ridges.

Culture
English
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
United Kingdom and Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FlaskCg326

Flask in the shape of a potato, glazed natural brown, with a cork stopper.

Culture
English
Material
clay, cork bark, paint and glaze
Made in
United Kingdom and Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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