Description:
Drinking tea in small groups as a social activity was important in expressing gentility and refinement in the 19th century. Toy tea sets were used to teach girls the ritual of brewing and serving tea to guests. The American Girl’s Home Book of Work and Play (1833) discussed “Make-Believe Housekeeping” and concludes, “The transition is an easy one from the make-believe to the real, and a child who has this training will never feel the terror of housekeeping that fills many a girl before marriage.” English creamware miniature, child's, or toy creamware coffeepot with a ball knop over a domed lid; over a round, tapered body and flat base, strap handle and straight upturned spout.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+58.155 |
