Behind the modern British cup of tea lie the high politics of Victorian Britain ... Today's object is the tea set that I've got in front of me now - three pieces of brownish-red pottery.

Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Early Victorian tea set (made between 1840 and 1845 ... Getting sugar on to the British tea table had, until recently, also had a darker side.

As most English speakers over the age of 10 are aware, the book contains the most beloved tea party scene in literary ... can arrange the room and set the table, but then should leave the room ...

Meals in 1900 were so elaborate that books were written to explain how to serve food, and setting the table might require ... and emotion that went into those Victorian meals.” ...

Hand-painted porcelain teacups and steaming teapot at the centre of the table. The spread is set with the finest ... this intent that, in the Victorian age, the tea ritual was born, thanks to ...

SHELBYVILLE - Shelbyville residents took a trip back to earlier times Saturday at a Victorian Christmas ... As part of the fundraising, table settings of old and antique china were available ...

Under the theme, “Victorian High Tea”, the ... Guests entered the beautifully transformed setting, and sat at tables replicating tea time at various hotels in London, from the Savoy to the ...

BEREA Kelian Disher, 11, Teresah Schushu, 11, and her sister Margret Schushu, 6, fit perfectly in a Victorian Tea setting on Dec. 5. Their festive outfits matched the Victorian flavor reflected ...

“Just the setting really,” Supencheck said when asked why the event was hosted in the Hargis House. “It’s always been a Victorian tea party, so the house just helps with the setting.

The object he has chosen to reflect this curious history is an early Victorian tea set, made in Staffordshire and perfectly familiar to all of us. The historian Celina Fox and Monique Simmonds ...