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Asian Influence

V&A "Japanese Ceramics Styles"

"China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange" (1974) and "Chinese Export Porcelain" (2003) from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin

Blue and White
Chinoiserie
Famille Rose
Famille Verte

Groninger Museum's 2012 exhibition on Chinese Famille Verte collection

Silver Prototypes

General information on English silver 1600-1800
Video demonstration of 18th c. silversmithing

Rococo

General information about Rococo style
Definition and associated artists with Rococo style

Neoclassical

General information about Neoclassicism
Popular artists and styles associated with Neoclassicism

Heraldry

An Introduction to Heraldic Porcelain from the Heraldry Society
Read an interesting case study Gendering Armorial Porcelain Wares
The Law of Arms
Papworth's Ordinary of British Armorials Vol 1 and Vol 2

Nature

Read a 1941 article from Antique Collecting on natural forms in porcelain

Dutch Connection

History of English delftware

Alcoholic Beverages

History of beer
"Drunken Permabulations . . ." excerpt from an 18th c. diary
Five Drinking Games of Yore from Mental Floss

Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate

Read The Lost World of the London Coffeehouse
Article on the history of tea drinking

On tea etiquette

History of chocolate . . . from Cadbury!

Dining

Check out the bestselling 18th century cookbook, The Art of Cookery, by Hannah Glasse
Rules for Dining