EditorialTeapot and cover, Enameled and gilt t?le, wicker, Oval, with straight spout and shaped handle. Brown field, with decoration in gilt of festooned foliage. Contains muslin bag for tea leaves., England, ca. 1800, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Teapot and cover.
EditorialChinese tea farmers treading tea leaves, Camellia sinensis, in baskets to ferment the tea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1821.