Victorian Tea (2021)

This film of an online lecture explores how the Victorians served afternoon tea using a variety of different cutlery, flatware and holloware produced by a huge industry based in Sheffield in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Not just the serving of a simple hot drink, the ritual provided Sheffield manufacturers with an opportunity to show their flair for design and innovation to expand their range of products and markets.
The lecture was originally given by Nick Duggan on on 15 September 2021.
The film was developed as part of the Name on the Knife Blade Project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The website developed by the project giving detail of the huge array of table knife manufacturers in Sheffield over the last 200 years can be found at hawleysheffieldknives.com/
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