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Potter: Ifield, Henry (Probably)
Red earthenware, decorated with white slip-trailing and applied prunts and pads bearing the date '1668' and initials 'HI', and lead-glaze; two double handles with bun finials on either side of the date and initials
History note: London, Christie's, 22 March, 1921, lot 72; bought for 50 guineas by Mr Stoner on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College Cambridge.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, third quarter#
Charles II
Production date:
dated
AD 1668
: dated
Drinking cups with more than one handle were the great speciality of Wrotham potters in the seventeenth century and have been described as 'tygs' by collectors since the nineteenth century. They were made of red or brown clay decorated in white with slip-trailing, prunts and heraldic motifs on applied pads of clay which appear yellow under the lead glaze. Many of them bear dates and the potter's initials, sometimes accompanied by one or two further sets of initials, presumably those of the owners. Twisted two-colour edges and white bun-shaped finials were features of the double-loop handles, usually three or four, but on this example, two. Searches of the Wrotham parish registers between 1906 and 1912, on Dr J.W.L. Glaisher's behalf, revealed the names of several persons whose initials coincided with those found repeatedly on Wrotham slipware, and who were therefore probably potters. HI whose initials occur on this tyg is known from dated tygs and jugs bearing his initials to have been working between about 1652 and 1669. He was probably the Henry Ifield baptised in 1633, listed in the Hearth Tax Rolls of 1663-4, and buried on 18 October 1673.
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
Body
Decoration
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Inscription present: rectangular pad of clay with initials in relief
Accession number: C.120-1928
Primary reference Number: 71546
Old object number: 3821
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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