Tile, 6 x 6 inches. Black transfer. Produced by Mintons China Works. This is one of a series of 12 subjects in the Country Pursuits series of tiles designed by William Wise. This pattern features a young woman reclining on the grass beneath a tree while reading a book.

Mintons China Works: Pottery, porcelain and tile manufacturers, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Factory founded 1793/6 by Thomas Minton in Stoke-on-Trent, taken over by Herbert Minton in 1836 until the latter’s death in 1858, when the china business was carried on by Colin Minton Campbell, in partnership with Michael Daintry Hollins, who ran the tile business. In 1868 the partnership ended and Campbell continued as Minton's China Works, also producing tiles, though not encaustic (inlaid) tiles, until 1918 when tile production ceased. From 1873, the name 'Minton' was changed to 'Mintons' without the apostrophe.