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They may therefore have been reserved for special occasions and display. Afternoon tea, as a meal in its own right, was introduced towards the end of the 18th century, but only became common in Britain around 1840. The other pieces of the tea service are museum numbers C.511B &C-1935 and C.511D-1935.<br><br><b>Place</b><br>The service was made at the Coalport factory in Shropshire, which specialised in elaborately decorated wares in the Rococo revival style used here. The factory was well sited - it had good water communications via the River Severn and was near rich deposits of coal, which provided fuel for the kilns. 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The teapot is not only decorated with seashells and bullrushes, but even appears to be formed from them, just as sauce boats and tureens were formed of curled 'leaves' by the first Rococo designers working nearly a century earlier.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["C.575-1935","C.575A-1935"],"accessionNumberNum":"575","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1935,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Teapot","Cover"],"assets":["2019LP9353","2019LP6764","2019LR5150","2019LR4764","2019LV5877","2019LV4885"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}