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| Size | 5 ltr, 2.5 ltr, 1 ltr, Sample Pot |
Tea with Florence
£4.95 – £121.00
A highlight of Claydon House in Buckinghamshire, the Chinese Room is widely considered to be the finest surviving example of Chinoiserie in Britain. Eighteenth-century travel and international trade had given rise to an obsession with Asia and inspired the popular new ritual of tea drinking.
Generations of Verneys used the Chinese Room as a private sitting room, and for taking tea with visitors, including Florence Nightingale, sister of 19th-century owner Lady Verney.
Florence became a regular visitor, eventually occupying several of her own rooms at Claydon where she developed her important work in nursing.
