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.

Square ceramic tile with curvilinear motif painted on front. Background is red-brown. Central design of a circle outline with a square in its centre. Sides of square curve inward. Circle and square done in beige with black lines running through their middles. Centre of square is red-brown and has four ovals, with pointed ends, forming a flower-like design in the middle. Ovals done in beige. Two beige ovals, with pointed ends, in each corner of the tile. Sides of tile undecorated. Twenty three holes, four rows of five and one row of three, indented on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Maw & Co., stamped on back.

Square ceramic tile painted white with blue designs overtop. All sides are glazed. Central design of a man and a woman in a field, under a cloudy sky, with trees in the background. The male figure is standing, holding a staff in his left hand and a bunch of grass(?) in his right. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, necktie and long coat. The woman is sitting on the ground, pointing at the man with her right hand and holding a bunch of grass(?) in her left. She is wearing a wide-brimmed hat with a ribbon around it, a short-sleeved white over dress and dark blue long-sleeved under dress. “June” is painted in the bottom right hand corner. Seven horizontal ridges on back of tile. Inscriptions on back.

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.

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.

Square ceramic tile with pomegranate motif carved in relief across front. Surface is glazed. Background is painted black, with a green tint. Three large pomegranates are growing from curving branches, that extend from top edge of tile. Leaves and offshoots, from same branches, decorate rest of surface. All are coloured dark green. White marks throughout design, highlighting veins in leaves and stem remnants on pomegranates. Five vertical ridges on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Maw & Co., stamped between ridges.

Square ceramic tile with floral motif painted on front. Surface and sides are glazed. Background is off-white. Plain yellow border along edges, next to thinner band with black dots throughout. Central design of an ornate vase full of flowers. Vase has a wide opening, rounded shoulder, tapering base and flared foot. It is off-white and decorated with yellow, black and purple-red bands full of linear, geometric and curvilinear motifs. Three large hibiscus flowers extend from the vase, towards the top of the tile, and the left and right sides. Flowers are white and dark purple-red, with yellow centres. Offshoots of leaves, berries and smaller flowers fill rest of space. Most are done with black stippling, with larger leaves painted green and dark purple-red near the top. Raised grid across entire back of tile. Handwritten inscriptions on back.

Square ceramic tile painted dark teal with different designs overtop. Surface and sides are glazed. Entire background is dark teal with black dots throughout. Light blue quarter circles in each corner, with scalloped edges and curvilinear motifs inside them. Motifs done in white and light yellow. Small white and light blue flowers, with yellow centres, across surface, with three large circles towards centre of tile. All circles have a black border, off-white background and central light yellow design. Circle towards the left side has a fish, with curved lines and dots in the background. Motifs are done in light blue, imitating water. Circle towards the top has a flower with multiple black offshoots. Additional light blue offshoots in background. Last circle, towards right side, has a flying crane with light blue stalks in the background. Raised grid across entire back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Mintons China Works, stamped diagonally between squares.