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Tea Urn and Tray

Tea And Coffee In Colonial America~

Prior to its importation to Europe by Dutch traders around 1610, tea was virtually unknown to Westerners, who routinely began their day with a mug of beer or ale. Three exotic beverages—coffee, tea, and chocolate—arrived in seventeenth-century Europe at a time of burgeoning exploration and trade, and their arrival caused a near revolution in drinking habits. 

Colonial Americans quickly adopted the taste for these imported beverages and their fashionable equipage. Colonial coffeehouses, following the London model, became powerful social catalysts, providing an excellent forum for the exchange of ideas and the distribution of news.

Tea Urn: Maker: Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818 Boston, Massachusetts) Date: 1791, Geography: Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Culture: American Medium: Silver, ivory

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Maker: Thomas Heming

Date: 1777–78 

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