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a white porcelain tea set with saucers and cups

Earthenware teapot. British (Stoke-on-Trent), 1846-1871. Part of a service designed by Henry Cole for the Society of Arts in 1846 and manufactured by Minton's.

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an advertisement for the little henry's holiday at the great exhibition in london, england

“Little Henry’s Holiday at the Great Exhibition.” By the Editor of ‘Pleasant Pages’. Guildhall Library’s collections include Great Exhibition guides, souvenir books and illustrations for children and adults and although many of them use language we would not now find appropriate, they make fascinating reading as a snapshot and reflection of the excitement of the time. AN 15.1.22.

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an old postcard with a drawing of a building in the middle and trees around it

Hold-to-Light postcard: Crystal Palace The giant glass-and-iron exhibition hall was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, an architect and gardener. The Great Exhibition of 1851, also referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition was held in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851. More than six million visitors attended the exhibition. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert, husband of the reigning monarch, Queen Victoria.

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an old drawing of a clock on the side of a building with four clocks in it

I recently finished reading Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand, (Bloomsbury, 2017), in which I learned that this gemstone – thought in the nineteenth century to...

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