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Tyg

ca. 1600-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tyg of red earthenware, decorated with applied discs of white slip and covered with a brown glaze. In the form of a wide inverted bell, with three loop handles and two discs of slip in each interval between them.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Lead-glazed earthenware tyg (a waster). English, perhaps made in Tickenhall, ca. 1600-1700
Physical description
Tyg of red earthenware, decorated with applied discs of white slip and covered with a brown glaze. In the form of a wide inverted bell, with three loop handles and two discs of slip in each interval between them.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 7.6cm
  • Taken from register diameter: 9.5cm
Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Tyg (a waster)
Perhaps made in Ticknall, Debyshire, England, about 1600-1700
Lead-glazed earthenware

295-1907
Object history
Originally thought to be 15th or first half 16th century.
Collection
Accession number
295-1907

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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