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Tea trade

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Beverage industry

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Images from the collections

Images about Tea trade

40 images from works
  • 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.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers water the young plants. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers pick the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers grade the tea leaves by hand. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers rolling and sifting tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • A Chinese tea plantation with workers cleaning the racks on which the leaves are laid. Coloured etching, early 19th century.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers load boxes of tea for export onto rafts. Gouache, China, 1800/1850.
  • A tea plant (Camellia sinensis), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers roll up and sift the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.

Works from the collections

79 works

    • Books

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

    | Date: [1952]
    • Ephemera

    Dakin's Tea Warehouse : established in the year 1821 / Dakin & Co.

    Dakin & Co. | Date: [between 1820 and 1829?]
    • Ephemera

    The teacher ran till out of breath, and then could run no more, while desks and benches round him lay, upset upon the floor : enjoy a cup of good tea / The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company.

    | Date: [between 1880 and 1910?]
    • Ephemera

    Why not drink Matté Real and enjoy life? : we recommend Matté Real not only for its blood purifying properties, but as an ideal beverage to be used with or without the admixture of ordinary tea.

    | Date: [between 1920 and 1929]
    • Pictures
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    A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

    | Reference: 25243i

Related topics

Tea
Tea plantation workers
China
Plantation workers
Beverage industry
Tea
Plantations
Baskets
Tropical crops
Women tea plantation workers

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