Maw and Co plastic clay encaustic tile with formalised floral design in circle with further flowers, black and buff inlaid in red, 6" square, c1860. This tile has the elaborate early impressed backmark of the Benthall Works, Broseley, indicating the date of c1860.Jackfield, ShropshireEngland1850-187519th centuryMaw & Co. Ltd., Broseley, ShropshireFlat: Encaustic (inlaid)Earthenware: Plastic Clay - Solid bodyEarthenware:Flora: FormalisedGeometric PatternNeo-Classicalhttp://www.tessellations.org.uk/assets/userfiles/thumbnail/ig0811.jpgPhotographyDavid HoulstonDigitized Imagehttp://www.tessellations.org.uk/assets/userfiles/medium/ig0811.jpgPhotographyDavid HoulstonDigitized Imagehttp://www.tessellations.org.uk/assets/userfiles/large/ig0811.jpgPhotographyDavid HoulstonDigitized Image