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Production: Hubble, Nicholas (Probably)
History note: Foster's Auction Rooms, London; S G Fenton, Cranbourne Street, London, from whom purchased for £45 on 20 November 1917 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 16.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Mid#
Charles I
Production date:
circa
AD 1645
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, moulded 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 likewise on applied pads of clay, sometimes accompanied by or two other sets of initials presumably those of their owners. Twisted two-colour edges and white bun-shaped finials were features of the double-loop handles, usually, three or four (as here), but sometimes only two. This example is a puzzle vessel which originally had a sucking spout at the top of each handle, only one of which emitted the liquid contents.
Either of the two sets of initials could be those of the potter or the recipient: GR for George Richardson, and NH for Nicholas Hubble. The potters were related because Richardson had married Mary Hubble in 1643, and one of his daughters was to marry Nicholas Hubble junior, who was one of the executors of Richardson's will in 1687. Kiddell in 1954 recorded twenty-one pots by Richardson between 1642 and 1677, and seven by Hubble, senior between 1649 and 1687.(see Documentation).
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( yellowish)
Body
red and white Earthenware
Accession number: C.127-1928
Primary reference Number: 71707
Old object number: 4812
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Puzzle tyg" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71707 Accessed: 2024-04-26 03:54:41
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