Royal Selangor Wallingford Coffee Pot Sealife Glass and Cork Screw" box

Glass and Cork Screw" box is artfully and colorfully hand painted by premier artists using many of the same techniques that were used during their introduction in the 17th century

symbolic and poetic relationships

The Rochard Limoges "Seafood Platter" box is artfully and colorfully hand painted by premier artists using many of the same techniques that were used during their introduction in the 17th century

has a round shape that expresses its relationship with the traditional moka

scorched with an interwoven knot motif from the king’s throne

Royal Selangor Wallingford Coffee Pot Sealife Glass and Cork Screw" boxIn 1773, in protest against Londons exorbitant tea tax, American colonists dumped a cargo of tea into Boston Harbour. Unsurprisingly, the drinking of tea quickly came to be seen as unpatriotic, paving the way for coffee to become the new beverage of choice. Our stately coffee pot, in brilliant finish pewter, with a wood handle and finial in walnut stained nyatoh, is based on an example dating from soon after that historic event. About the collection