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Message:: [QUOTE="Ision, post: 2888467, member: 17064"]Everything depends on the BACK of this tile, which Minton company created it?  Minton, Hollins & Co., or Mintons?     Does the back (verso) have an address? After the company name, the factory, which made the tile is usually embossed, such as "China Works," or "Patent Tile Works." This tile looks like a tile from Colin Minton Campbell's factory known as, "Minton Art Pottery Studio" of Kensington Gore, London.  This would make it a "Mintons" tile. Naturally, the tile has been signed by the artist and dated.  Thus, this artwork is not the product of a common decorator at Mintons, but a known artist hired by Mintons, making their identification a matter of record.  The year 1875 was the LAST year any art tiles were created at the Minton Art Pottery Studio, as it burned to the ground that year. If the tile is a Mintons, it was certainly one of the last works from this studio. Minton, Hollins & Co. also created such tiles...so, everything rests on the design of this tiles "grip" pattern. I am certain this tile is from a famous artist of the time and the style of the work is very familiar to me. A short study should reveal all, once the factory is known.  This could be by Rebecca Coleman (RC), who worked at the studio with William Stephen Coleman, its first Director.[/QUOTE]