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Porcelain; 30.7cm tall; octagonal with alternating images of landscapes and exotic birds; gilded edges.
White porcelain; colorfully painted with British floral decoration and Chinese-style scenes; metal spout.
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
Porcelain, blue and white glaze, floral decoration, maker's mark on base ("X"), molded into vine-leaf form.
Copy of the petition made by Bristol manufacturers and other citizens to George III promoting American sympathies, including almost 1000 signatures
An ad in the Public Advertiser, January 28, 1766. Mr. John Dunlop seeking contact with the captain or crew of the Jolly Princess, a ship that traveled from Barbados to Bristol in 1762 and was briefly detained by a French letter of marque ship.
Tags: 1766, Advertisement, Barbados, Bristol, London, Newspaper, Public Advertiser, ship, trade
Porcelain; bird's nest containing two eggs, built from separate straws and twigs; white glaze.
Reprinted letter from Bristol to London, recounting an appeal from Bristol merchants to sympathize with the American cause. Disseminated in a London newspaper.
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.
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