. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ^*«:^3i:3Si^ , Q^ ,!^.-^..^,' y â .>. f^^^^ ^^$^f^ Figure lo.âPieces of a tea set of Crown-Derby porcelain, dating about 1790. The cups and saucers, covered sugar bowl, container for cream or rnilk, plate, and bowls are ornamented with gilt borders and a scattering of blue flowers on a white ground. {USJ^M 34089-34095; Smithsonian photo 43j4r~A.) as in the north, teaâor, at the time of the American Revolution its patriotic substitute, cofifeeâwas served by the fire as soon as the first winter winds were felt. Philip Fithian, while at Nom
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. ^*«:^3i:3Si^ , Q^ ,!^.-^..^,' y â .>. f^^^^ ^^$^f^ Figure lo.âPieces of a tea set of Crown-Derby porcelain, dating about 1790. The cups and saucers, covered sugar bowl, container for cream or rnilk, plate, and bowls are ornamented with gilt borders and a scattering of blue flowers on a white ground. {USJ^M 34089-34095; Smithsonian photo 43j4r~A.) as in the north, teaâor, at the time of the American Revolution its patriotic substitute, cofifeeâwas served by the fire as soon as the first winter winds were felt. Philip Fithian, while at Nomini Hall in Virginia, wrote in his journal on September 19, 1774: ''the Air is clear, cold & healthful. We drank our Coffee at the great House very sociably, round a fine Fire, the House and Air feels like winter ; " Table clothsâusually square white ones (as in fig. 9) that showed folds from having been stored in a linen [iressâwere used when tea was served, but it is dif- firull to say with any certainty if their use depended uj)on the whim of the hostess, the type of table, or the time of day. A cloth probably was used more often on a table with a plain top than on one with scalloped or carved edges. However, as can be seen in Family Group (fig. 1) and An English Family at Tea (frontispiece), it was perfectly acceptable to serve tea on a plain-top table without a cloth. Apparently such tables were also used at breakfast or morning tea, because Benjamin Franklin, in a letter from London dated February 19, 1758, gave the following directions for the use of " coarse diaper Breakfast Cloths" which he sent to his wife: "they are to spread on the Tea Table, for nobody breakfasts here on the naked Table, but on the Cloth set a large Tea Board with the ; " Some of the 18th-century paint- ings depicting tea tables with cloths do deal with the morning hours, as indicated by their titles or internal evidence, as in The Honey
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