Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 98
es. Curious two-handled, three or four-handled mugs or tygs used for hand-ing round drinks, posset cups or pots, plates, dishes,candlesticks, jugs, and piggins were made in these wares,and decorated with slip, which is a mixture of clay andwater used in the thickness of cream, and which is dropped… … Fig. 69.—Encaustic Tile, from JSIonmouth Priory. (B. :\I.) The dish of Tofts ware (Fig. 71) is a specimen of theslip decoration, date about 1660. Toft was a potter whohad his kiln at Tinkers Clough, near Newcastle in Staf- 8o HISTORIC ORNAMENT. forclshire. His work is decorated with coloured slip…
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