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Mug or 'tyg' with Cornish slip. Made by Evan Jones, Claypits Pottery, Ewenny, 1880s.

Mug with six handles, single alternating with double, round the base. Mottled green glaze over white slip outside, brown glaze inside.

Ewenny in the Vale of Glamorgan has a long tradition of making pottery. All the materials were at hand - red clay, glaze materials to finish the wares, stone to build the kilns and coal to fire the pots. There have been 15 potteries in the area at one time or another. Now there are only two. One family, the Jenkinses, has carried on the tradition for over 8 generations.