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Reprinted letter from Bristol to London, recounting an appeal from Bristol merchants to sympathize with the American cause. Disseminated in a London newspaper.
Copy of the petition made by Bristol manufacturers and other citizens to George III promoting American sympathies, including almost 1000 signatures
White hard-paste porcelain and gilding. Figure of a woman in mourning, urn, and pedestal. Extensive dedication. Height: 12.5 inches, width: 4.25 inches.
Bright, detailed floral design in enamel paint on hard-paste porcelain. Gilded edges. Cup: 2.625 inches tall. Plate: 5 inch diameter.
Tags: 1870s, 1880s, 18th-century, Bristol, china, England, manufacturing, porcelain, Richard Champion, South Carolina, tea, trade, transatlantic trade
White porcelain; colorfully painted with British floral decoration and Chinese-style scenes; metal spout.
Porcelain; bird's nest containing two eggs, built from separate straws and twigs; white glaze.
Porcelain, blue and white glaze, floral decoration, maker's mark on base ("X"), molded into vine-leaf form.
Porcelain; 30.7cm tall; octagonal with alternating images of landscapes and exotic birds; gilded edges.
Advertisement for Bristol Porcelain to be sold at auction by Mssrs. Christie and Ansell.
Advertisement in the London Evening Post for American Pine-Bud tea being sold as a medical remedy in Bristol, Piccadilly, Bath, York, Sheffield, and Oxford.
Tags: 18th century, Advertisement, America, Bath, Bristol, London, mid-18th century, Newspaper, Oxford, Piccadilly, Sheffield, sugar, tea, trade, transatlantic, transatlantic trade, York