Title: Teapots

Identifier: Historic Hope Plantation   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/14338)

Description: These ceramic teapots with the signature blue color feature scenes of nature and Chinese houses and could have either been made in southeastern China in the early 1800s or manufactured in England. They would have been used to serve tea. Tea in the 1700 and 1800 hundreds was not just something someone drank but involved an important set of social rituals which helped define feminine behavior. Tea was usually served in the evening, often at seven or eight o'clock. At tea, the hostess would pour tea for guests reinforcing social hierarchies and social expectations. Date approximated.