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Object:Tea warmer, pedestal and teapot, French, 1751-1860


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Tea set made of glazed porcelain decorated with blue and gold bands and a floral design. Tea was introduced into Britain in the late seventeenth century. By the eighteenth century it was fashionable and popular amongst the middle classes.
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