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The family run firm were a large London based silversmith's which made good quality standardised tableware for middleclass consumers. The lid is adorned by a pineapple carved from stained ivory. The pineapple, which originated in the Americas and the West Indies, was a common symbol of hospitality. The use of the pineapple as a decorative feature shows how fashionable the exotic New World was and hints at how close Britain's ties to this region were. \r\n\r\nWidely drunk throughout the Middle East, coffee was introduced to Europe by Turkish traders in the early 17th century. Britain was at first dependant upon imports from the Middle East but slowly began to develop its own coffee industry through introducing the crop to plantations in Jamaica and other West Indian colonies. 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Reeded edges; ebonised handle and a frame for a strainer inside.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Peter and Ann Bateman","id":"A13850"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Silver","id":"AAT11029"},{"text":"Ivory","id":"AAT11857"},{"text":"wood","id":"AAT11914"}],"techniques":[{"text":"raising","id":"AAT237068"},{"text":"engraving","id":"AAT53829"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Engraved silver, wood and stained ivory","categories":[{"text":"Drinking","id":"THES48965"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Tea, Coffee & Chocolate wares","id":"THES48886"},{"text":"Caribbean","id":"THES286921"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2006AU2540","2006AN4806"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"65 (VA)","id":"THES49734"},"free":"","case":"14","shelf":"6","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Coffee pot","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1799-1800","earliest":"1799-05-29","latest":"1800-05-28"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Miss M. 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Helen Mears & Janet Browne.\r\n\r\n'COFFEE POT / Until overtaken by tea in 1720, coffee was Britain's most popular 'tropical' drink. Initially imported from the Middle East in the early 1720s, it later became a staple crop of the plantations in Jamaica and other West Indian colonies.\r\n\r\nIn the latter half of the 17th century 'coffee houses' sprang up all over London and other large towns and cities. They soon assumed a central position in the social, political and economic life of Britain. Apart from being places to meet friends, exchange news and read newspapers, they were important in the transatlantic trade. Merchants, bankers, insurers and ship owners would gather in the coffee houses and sometimes use them as a venue for slave auctions. 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