Minton Furniture

An antique Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a woman in noble dress playing a...

An antique late 19th century Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a man in noble Roman dr...

A very decorative pair of porcelain plates depicting Putto at Play, by Minton. English, dated 1881. Impressed Marks for Minton and year Cypher for 1881. Each plate is fine...

An antique Minton Hollins & Co tile depicting putti playing, a design after 18th century artist Francois Boucher. Sourced from an ex British private co...

An antique Minton & Co (stamped) glazed encaustic tile attributed to A.W.N Pugin. This 6 inch square tile is adorned with the monogram ‘IHS' in bold text in buff clay on a deep red ...

A set of 6 antique dust-pressed ceramic tiles by Minton Hollins (stamped) creating a decorative blue and white glazed frieze panel. Together, the tiles depicts a renaissance style sc...

A reclaimed 8-inch clay tile by Minton Hollins & Co. (stamped to reverse) illustrated with a mythological scene from Shakespeare’s 1593 poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. Inspired by Greek myt...

An antique Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a nobleman in roman style dress ...

An antique Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a man in noble dress playing a ...

A set of nine 6-inch by 6-inch neo-medieval encaustic tiles by Minton & Co (stamped); an exact match to an identical set in the British Museum attributed to architect and designer, A...

An antique late 19th century Minton tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a man in noble dress pl...

An antique 8-inch decorative neoclassical tile by Minton (stamped), one of two similar we are selling in matching sepia tones. This large, glazed, dust-pressed tile depicts a highly...

An antique late 19th century Minton & Co tile from the series ‘Classical Figures with Musical Instruments’ by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a woman in noble d...

A Pair of 19th Century Mintons Porcelain Cobalt Blue Ground Covered Vases with Still Life Scene Cartouches. Each vase is of compressed oval form with domed, detachable lids and circu...

This Minton Hollins antique tin glaze portrait tile depicting a nobleman from possibly the English civil war. This could make the subject Oliver Cromwell or King Charles II. Dating back to the late 19th century, this tile is molded in relief, depicting a figure in front of a cathedral or church in a circular frame. There is an exceptional level of detail captured in the mould; from the curling hair to the intricate building details in the background. On the reverse, in addition to regular markings found on Minton Hollins tiles...

An antique 8-inch clay tile by Minton Hollins & Co. (stamped to reverse) illustrated with a scene from Shakespeare’s 1593 poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. Inspired by Greek mythology, the po...

An antique Minton tile from the series 'Classical Figures with Musical Instruments' designed by the artist John Moyr Smith. This 8 inch tile depicts a woman in noble dress playing a lyre, in a beautiful neoclassical style on a striking gold ground, surrounded by a mute blue border. At nearly 150 years it is in a beautiful clean condition, the perfect decorative feature for modern and period properties looking to add vibrancy and charm. We are also selling further sets of tiles in the same design. Each illustration is hand painted depicting various types of classical musicians in the same beautiful colours. Some tiles in this series include scenes from Shakespeare and one illustrating 'Early English History'. John Moyr Smith (1839-1912) & Classical Figures with Musical Instruments This tile series titled 'Classical Figures with Musical Instruments' by Glasgow born artist John Moyr Smith dates to circa 1875-1890. You can currently find one example on display in the V&A Museum, London. Made by Minton & Co, Stoke on Trent, these tiles were originally designed to decorate cast-iron grates that began to appear during this period. These grates were specifically designed to be set with tiles, and pictorial tiles became popular for this purpose, and series of picture tiles...

A reclaimed 8-inch clay tile by Minton Hollins & Co. (stamped to reverse) illustrated with a scene from Shakespeare’s 1593 poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. Inspired by Greek mythology, the ...

A highly decorative antique 6-inch dust-pressed porcelain tile by Minton & Co. (stamped), glazed and hand painted with a roundel depicting a leopard pouncing on a deer in vibrant blu...