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The Good Ship Waterloo
Apr 12 , 2022
Borrowing a classic East India Company commissioned painting by William Huggins, a typically heroic image of a merchant ship Waterloo, shown off Wh...
East India Madder Red
Apr 12 , 2022
It started with the ‘Piece Trade’ - the Company’s trade in a variety of textiles from India – calicoes, ginghams, muslins, chintzes to name only a ...
Death by Chocolate
Apr 12 , 2022
An extract: “Death By Chocolate – The fanciful name of this famous chocolate cake conjures up images of an exquisite death caused by over-indulgen...
Emperor Nero’s Saffron Bathwater
Apr 12 , 2022
An extract: “Saffron was and remains, the most expensive spice in the world. Originating in the Near East, it was used by the Persian as both a fla...
A Brazilian French Press
Apr 12 , 2022
An extract: “Here is the tale of Don (de Melo Palheta) Francisco, sent by the Emperor of Brazil to steal coffee seeds from French Guyana in 1727. T...
Captain Kidd: Protector to Pirate
Apr 12 , 2022
An extract: “Pirates were rife in the Indian Ocean, and Moghul shipowners plying the route from India to Arabia, having accepted the Company as na...
Magic of Borosilicate Glass
Apr 12 , 2022
Our range of Jena glassware uses a special material called Borosilicate Glass. The gradual infusion of tea results in a beautiful changing diffusio...
An Infinity of Patterns
Apr 12 , 2022
For many, the word ‘Kaleidoscope’ is a permanent memory of childhood play and curiosity. From Greek, meaning the “observation of beautiful forms”, ...
