Loving Cup
ca. 1900 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Loving cup of concial shape with three handles. Red earthenware with a yellowish lead glaze over white slip, brown glazed inside. On the outside with sgraffito inscription which reads: 'Cariad cwpan / fel yn / 1670' (Loving cup as in 1670).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with lead glaze over white slip |
| Brief description | Loving cup, red earthenware covered with a white slip with incised inscription, made by Claypits Pottery, Ewenny, Wales, about 1900 |
| Physical description | Loving cup of concial shape with three handles. Red earthenware with a yellowish lead glaze over white slip, brown glazed inside. On the outside with sgraffito inscription which reads: 'Cariad cwpan / fel yn / 1670' (Loving cup as in 1670). |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Clay Pit Pottery, Ewenny' (incised on the underside) |
| Credit line | Given by Robin Hildyard |
| Object history | This loving cup was made by the Claypits Pottery in about 1900 when Evan Jones was in charge (1884-1912). During his management, new vessel shapes based on medieval or early modern forms were made. This is one such example, being incised in Welsh as being a ‘loving cup as in 1670’. The Claypits Pottery had been using local clay to produce earthenware vessels for local markets since the eighteenth century. At the time of acquisition by the Museum, the pottery was one of two surviving potteries in Ewenny. |
| Bibliographic reference | Lewis, J.M. The Ewenny Potteries. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1982 |
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| Accession number | C.219-2014 |
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| Record created | May 8, 2014 |
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