Objects
Image, Sets- Tea
Caffeine
Consumption
Caffeine consumption
[Taken from catalogue entry]
The Tea-Table
Description
Satire on gossipping women; five fashionable ladies drink tea at a table placed on a carpet in an affluent interrior. On the table, as well as the tea service, are a closed fan, a muff and an open book lettered, "Chit Chat". A devil lurks beneath the table and Envy drives Justice and Truth out of a door at upper left; two gentlemen eavesdrop at an open window on the right. On the back wall, left to right: an alcove with shelves displaying porcelain, a fireplace above which is a painting showing a monk carrying a woman on his back towards a church or monastery, and a mirror in an elaborate frame. Three columns of etched verse describe the slanderous conversation taking place.
Etching and engraving
Creator
John Bowles
male
Seller
Printer and Map Seller
Production
Dates of Production: circa 1710
13, Cornhill, London, England
Materials
China
Wood (inc. treen)
Museological Details
The Tea-Table
British Museum
1868,0808.3445
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