Minton Tile Catalogue

Item date: 1843
Grant Value: 450
Item cost: 1,800
Item date acquired: 1998
Item institution: Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Town/City: Telford
County: Shropshire

A slim unpretentious volume of tile designs is one of only three known survivng examples of Mintons first trade catalogue. Herbert Minton perfected a method of making encaustic titles for church floors using medieval methods and designs. Championed by AW Pugin, they soon became immensely popular. Illustrated at p.43 of AR