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TYG
Tyg is a drinking vessel in use since the Middle Ages. According to Sir James Murray (first editor of "A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles", now known as The Oxford English Dictionary) the word "tyg" is derived from the Anglo - Saxon word tygel, denoting anything made of clay.
Originally the tyg was an earthenware receptacle having two, three or even four handles, set equidistant from each other.
The handles divide the rim into separate sections used by several drinkers and the multiple handles allow hot drinks to be passed around.
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They were mostly made in Staffordshire and in Kent (factories were in Burslem and Wrotham).
Earthenware tyg were produced from the 15th century to mid 17th century and the
peak of their popularity was in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Tygs had another life in the late 19th/early 20th century when silver tygs were produced for decorative purpose as
sport trophies, presentation cups and Christening mugs.
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