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Tea

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Images from the collections

Images about Tea

128 images from works
  • A woman having a bath and being given a cup of tea. Process print after Charles Shannon, 1907.
  • A priest taking morning tea with a lady in her boudoir: a maidservant stands in the background. Engraving by Remi Parr after N. Lancret.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.
  • Nine scenes showing tea cultivation and preparation on an Indian plantation. Engraving by T. Brown, c. 1850, after J. L. Williams.
  • Yes! C.W.S. : obtainable from all co-operative stores.
  • Queen of the Liliputians : height 31 inches, age 26.
  • A patient lies on a chaise-longue, while a nurse brings her some refreshment. Wood engraving by J.C. Griffiths after G.G. Kilburne.
  • J. Rickett & Co., successors to Evans & Stokes : grocers, tea dealers, butter, cheese & hop factors : 64 & 65 Broad Street, Worcester.
  • A happy Christmas : John Clark, tea, grocery & provision dealer, confectioner, bread and biscuit baker, 119, High Street, Dover.
  • Premium ticket / F.H. Bushway Flavoring Extract Co., Incorporated.
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Works from the collections

338 works

    • Ephemera

    Orange dazzler : 20 caffeine free fruit & herb tea bags / London Herb & Spice Company.

    | Date: [1993]
    • Ephemera

    Tetley Extra Strong : free sample and money off coupon.

    | Date: 2010
    • Books

    Tea and tea blending : a guide for the young grocer.

    | Date: [1952]
    • Ephemera

    Twining Crosfield & Co. Ltd : for good tea try this packet.

    | Date: [between 1941 and 1949]
    • Ephemera

    Mixed fruit / London Herb & Spice Company.

    | Date: [1995?]
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Related topics

Beverages
Beverage industry
Teas, Herbal
London Herb & Spice Company
Tea trade
Tea plantation workers
China
Plantation workers
Plantations
Tea trade

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