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Two Malay men and a woman sit and recline on the floor smoking opium. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.

A priest taking morning tea with a lady in her boudoir: a maidservant stands in the background. Engraving by Remi Parr after N. Lancret.

Five people sitting and standing around a tea-table, one of them a mother with a child. Lithograph by J. Fischer, 1803.

A Chinese tea plantation with workers cleaning the racks on which the leaves are laid. Coloured etching, early 19th century.

The beneficial effects of temperance on a man and his family. Lithograph, c. 1840, after Gunthorp.

The effects of temperance on a man and his household. Lithograph, c. 1840, after Gunthorp.

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.

Westerners at Yokohama, Japan, enjoying a lavish tea ceremony as a cellist plays to them. Coloured woodcut by Chikahisa, c. 1865, after Yoshikazu.

The ornamental bowl of a pipe on which is seated a miniature female figure drinking tea. Etching, early 19th century (?).

A Buddhist monk seated. Black and red chalk drawing by R. Strasser, 1926.

A Chinese man with his tea pot, and workers harvesting tea. Etching with engraving, c. 1693.

Specification of John Sullivan : apparatus for administering pills.

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Teapots

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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.

A Chinese man with his tea pot, and workers harvesting tea. Etching with engraving, c. 1693.

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 Buddhist monk seated. Black and red chalk drawing by R. Strasser, 1926.

Specification of John Sullivan : apparatus for administering pills.

Teapots

Images from the collections

Images referencing Teapots

Works from the collections

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.

A Chinese man with his tea pot, and workers harvesting tea. Etching with engraving, c. 1693.

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 Buddhist monk seated. Black and red chalk drawing by R. Strasser, 1926.

Specification of John Sullivan : apparatus for administering pills.

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