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Drinking cups

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  • 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 gin palace as a "temple of Juniper", with other scenes illustrating puns. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • Five ornate German drinking vessels. Engraving by F. Fairholt, 19th century, after himself.
  • A girl pours coffee from a cup into a saucer. Colour halftone from an engraving by L. Marin.
  • A Turkish coffee vendor with a tray of coffee cups. Coloured engraving, c. 1860.
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    John Bull making hop-tea in front of a hop grower and his workers; representing adulteration of beer by brewers. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.

    Merry, Tom, 1852-1902. | Date: 11 October 1890 | Reference: 25922i
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    Five ornate German drinking vessels. Engraving by F. Fairholt, 19th century, after himself.

    Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866. | Reference: 25769i
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    A Chinese man with his tea pot, and workers harvesting tea. Etching with engraving, c. 1693.

    | Date: [1693] | Reference: 25251i
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    Cups and their customs.

    Porter Henry M.D. of Peterborough. | Date: 1863
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    A priest taking morning tea with a lady in her boudoir: a maidservant stands in the background. Engraving by Remi Parr after N. Lancret.

    Lancret, Nicolas, 1690-1743. | Reference: 25252i
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