Lady drinking tea by Niklas Lafrensen c.1785
Details
This exhibition explores the history of the tea trade in Europe and the popularity of the drink from its introduction in the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. A wonderful array of silver objects dating from the seventeenth century to the present day, are drawn from The Chitra Collection, a remarkable private museum of historic tea wares, together with loans from the Pearson Silver Collection and the Goldsmiths’ Company.
Venue
The Goldsmiths’ Centre, 42 Britton Street, London EC1M 5AD
Event Organisers
Sarah Bowles and Philippa Barton
Cost
Cost of the visit is £30 - plus Eventbrite booking fee
This includes the online lecture on Thursday 13th June
The visit is limited to thirteen
Programme
2.00pm
Visit to the exhibition The Craft of Tea: 1660-2024 with Charlotte Dew, Head of Public Programmes, The Goldsmiths’ Centre, and Co-Curator Evelyn Earl, Chitra Collection.
This exhibition explores the history of the tea trade in Europe and the popularity of the drink from its introduction in the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. With remarkable silver objects from The Chitra Collection, the Pearson Silver Collection and the Goldsmith Company, the exhibition explores the beginnings of the tea trade in Europe, the prestige and ritual of tea taking, and the design of teawares from the seventeenth century to the boundary-pushing teapots of the modern period.
3.30am
Tea