Four-handled tyg (communal drinking vessel)
Artist
Henry Ifield
(d. 1673)
CultureEnglish
OriginWrotham, Kent, England
PeriodCharles I (1625-1649)
Date1644
MediumEarthenware with slip and lead glaze
DimensionsOverall: 12.7 x 17 cm (5 x 6 11/16 in.)
MarkingsMolded with initials 'HI' and date '1644'
DescriptionA Wrotham slipware inscribed and dated tyg by Henry Ifield. It is moulded in a cream slip on the brown/red ground with panels of flower-heads, fleur-de-lys, an angel, and a hound. There is a stud and dot-pattern on the ground, and four double-loop handles applied with studs and rope twist-pattern.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.550
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English Earthenware - SlipwareStatus
On view
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