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Item 1484 of 2719

Vintage tray and tea tins with oriental images

SKU: 918

Vintage tray and tea tins with oriental images

Lovely vintage set consisting of a tray and two tea tins from England with images of oriental scenes, such as a woman in kimono and an old wise man with a child. The tins have a hinged lid with illustrations of various birds.

  • Dated: 1969

Executed in the main color black with golden and red details. Text on the tins: "Container made in England".

Tray 

  • Height: 2 cm. 
  • Length: 41,4 cm. 
  • Width: 33,8 cm. 

Tins 

  • Height: 11 cm - 9,4 cm.
  • Length: 8,7 cm - 7,5 cm.
  • Width: 8,7 cm - 7,5 cm.

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub (bush) native to Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens, have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes.

Tea originated in Southwest China, where it was used as a medicinal drink. It was popularized as a recreational drink during the Chinese Tang dynasty, and tea drinking spread to other East Asian countries. Portuguese priests and merchants introduced it to Europe during the 16th century. During the 17th century, drinking tea became fashionable among Britons, who started large-scale production and commercialization of the plant in India to bypass the Chinese monopoly.

The term herbal tea refers to drinks not made from Camellia sinensis: infusions of fruit, leaves, or other parts of the plant, such as steeps of rosehip, chamomile, or rooibos. These are sometimes called tisanes or herbal infusions to prevent confusion with tea made from the tea plant.

(Source: The Engelse tea by Clara ten Houte de Lange)
 

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