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FRENCH TEA CUP SET E (C. 1825-1850)
Text on the reverse side: In France, teashops were historically frequented more by women whereas coffee shops, or cafés, were more popular with men...
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Text on the reverse side: In France, teashops were historically frequented more by women whereas coffee shops, or cafés, were more popular with men...
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Text on the reverse side: In France, teashops were historically frequented more by women whereas coffee shops, or cafés, were more popular with men...
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Text on the reverse side: In France, teashops were historically frequented more by women whereas coffee shops, or cafés, were more popular with men...
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Text on the reverse side: In France, teashops were historically frequented more by women whereas coffee shops, or cafés, were more popular with men...
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Text on the reverse side: In France, teashops were historically frequented more by women whereas coffee shops, or cafés, were more popular with men...
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Text on the reverse side: Cheeses are sold in a variety of shapes, from circular and triangular to rectangular. The shape of a cheese section depen...
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Text on the reverse side: Fruits were the foundation of dessert in 17th and 18th century France, served as jams and preserves and as the base ingre...
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Text on the reverse side: Most butterflies fly during the day, whereas most moths fly at night except for a few specific species that also fly duri...
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Text on the reverse side: The Universal Larousse was a combined dictionary and encyclopaedia. The dictionary focused on the presentation of French ...
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Text on the reverse side: Did you know that butterfly wings are actually transparent? They are made up of thin layers of protein, like exoskeletons...
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Text on the reverse side: At least once a year, most birds regrow their feathers to replace old ones that have become tired and unkempt. Especially...
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Text on the reverse side: Design from Nouveau Larousse Illustré, an illustrated French dictionary published in 7 volumes. The encyclopaedia contain...
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Text on the reverse side: Illustration from Johnson's household book of nature featuring the common bat, vampire bat, dog headed bat, horseshoe ba...
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Text on the reverse side: English social realist painter and illustrator, Frederick Walker (1840-1875) was born in London and exhibited regularly a...
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Text on the reverse side: Prominent Victorian female English painter, Louise Jopling (1843-1933), was born in Manchester, and later studied in Pari...
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Text on the reverse side: British painter, Samuel Luke Fildes (1843-1927), was born in Liverpool and studied at South Kensington Art School and Roy...
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Text on the reverse side: Painting by Scottish painter Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935). Famous for landscapes, especially those of winter scenes tha...
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Text on the reverse side: The original painting, destroyed by fire in 1698, was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger. The king commissioned several ...
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Text on the reverse side: Elizabeth I (1533-1603), the last Tudor monarch, ruled England and Ireland for over 40 years. Through bringing peace to t...
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Text on the reverse side: The painting depicts the road connecting Valhermeil with Pontoise, a village northwest of Paris where the artist lived fo...
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Text on the reverse side: The view here is of the daily life of Paris, looking down from the window of Grand Hotel de Russie. Pissarro’s works of P...
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Text on the reverse side: One of Pissarro’s best known pointillist images, the view depicts his neighbour’s yard. It was a piece Pissarro took prid...
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Text on the reverse side: After moving to Eragny-sur-Epte, Pissarro’s works took on the subject of the French countryside of Normandy and the rhyth...
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Text on the reverse side: View of Pontoise, located northwest of Paris. The critic Émile Zola’s described Pissarro’s work of the rural French lands...
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Text on the reverse side: Similar to several other great artists, Pissarro found refuge in London to escape the Franco-Prussian war and first visit...
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Text on the reverse side: Pissarro described the city of Paris as having a “silvery atmosphere”. He painted the cityscape of Paris from his window ...
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Text on the reverse side: Pissarro moved back to the Pontoise area where he had lived previously, and remained there for ten years producing over t...
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Text on the reverse side: A landscape painted near his rural home, Pissarro uses pointillism but using slightly broader brushstrokes. His revelator...
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Text on the reverse side: St. Thomas, where the artist Camille Pissarro was born, is an island in the Southern Caribbean. Having been sent to a boa...
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Text on the reverse side: Pissarro’s home in Normandy was in Eragny, where he lived from 1884 until his death. Painted during the last artistic pha...
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Text on the reverse side: It is said that from not wanting to paint outdoors for his vulnerability to eye infections and his aversion to the busy o...
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Text on the reverse side: Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) British painter, book illustrator, and designer, who grew up in Sussex. He is particularly kno...
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Text on the reverse side: Measuring 43m in height, the lighthouse located in the English Channel in East Sussex became operational in October 1902 ...
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Text on the reverse side: Symbolic of immortality of the soul and healing, the acanthus has been a decorative motif that was highly popular particu...
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Text on the reverse side: The design comes from tiles made by Minton in the late 19th century. Produced during the Aesthetic Movement in Britain, t...
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Text on the reverse side: The painting from Nepal portrays the wrathful deity, also known as Acalanatha, depicted with his consort Vishvavajri. Ach...
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