Fig. 327.
Fig. 328.
The “Tygs” appear to have been made in considerable numbers, and, indeed, to have constituted one of the staple manufactures of the potters of that day. They were the ordinary drinking-cups of the period, and were made with one, two, three, four, or more handles. The two-handled ones are said to have been “parting cups,” and those with three or four handles “loving cups,” being so arranged that three or four persons drinking out of one, and each using a different handle, brought their lips to different parts of the rim. Examples of some of the forms of these tygs are shown on Figs. [323 to 328]. Two of these, with three handles each (Figs. [326] and [328]), were found in a long-disused lead mine at Great Hucklow; another (Fig. [327]) has three handles and a spout, and is ornamented with bosses of a lighter colour, bearing a swan, a flower, and a spread eagle. The fourth (Figs. [323] and [324]) are two-handled cups, of the same general form as those with one handle. These two latter specimens are in the Museum of Practical Geology. Other examples of various forms are shown on the remaining engravings.
Fig. 329.—Candlestick, Jermyn Street.
Fig. 330.—Candlestick.
Fig. 331.—Mug.