Background and Training Robert Smith’s early family life not only shaped the direction of his later career, but also the locations and houses in which…
A Fairy Palace in Devon: Redcliffe Towers, built by Colonel Robert Smith (1787-1873), Bengal Engineers By Diane James Please note that this case study…
Sale Throughout the late eighteenth century Warren Hastings (1732-1818) and his wife Marian (1744-1837) held an important place in Britons’ imaginings of empire. The press…
Middleton Hall, Carmarthenshire by Lowri Ann Rees Please note that this case study was first published on blogs.ucl.ac.uk/eicah in June 2014. The case study…
Chinese porcelain services specially commissioned by individuals and families to include their coats of arms within the decorative scheme were distinctly fashionable and popular in…
Using the service Armorial services did not simply contain dining wares. These elaborate ensembles often contained dining, decorative and tea table wares. While dining wares…
Designing the service It was not only a question of the spaces and systems through which individuals purchased ceramics, of course, but also what they…
Acquisition How did Francis Sykes originally acquire this service and how did those modes of acquisition mark these objects out as distinctly different from more…
The Basildon Park Service This study will probe these themes by focusing on a single service, which belonged to Francis Sykes in the late eighteenth…
The Cockerell Family Sezincote’s association with the Cockerells and the East India Company began in 1795 when Colonel John Cockerell (1752 – 1798) purchased the…
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