Slop-bowl from a porcelain teaset, possibly made by the Verreville Pottery, Glasgow, 19th century

Porcelain teapot, with strainer and cover, from a tea set designed by Walter Gropius and Louis A. McMillen of The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and Katherine de Sousa in 1968: German, Bavaria, Selb, Rosenthal Factory, 1977

Porcelain milk jug from a tea set designed by Walter Gropius and Louis A. McMillen of The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and Katherine de Sousa in 1968: German, Bavaria, Selb, Rosenthal Factory, 1977

Porcelain sugar bowl, with cover, from a tea set designed by Walter Gropius and Louis A. McMillen of The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and Katherine de Sousa in 1968: German, Bavaria, Selb, Rosenthal Factory, 1977

Porcelain teacup from a tea set designed by Walter Gropius and Louis A. McMillen of The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and Katherine de Sousa in 1968: German, Bavaria, Selb, Rosenthal Factory, 1977

Black porcelain saucer from a tea set designed by Walter Gropius and Louis A. McMillen of The Architects Collaborative (TAC) and Katherine de Sousa in 1968: German, Bavaria, Selb, Rosenthal Factory, 1977

Parcel-gilt silver teapot engraved with Japanese-inspired decoration, part of a tea set: English, Birmingham, by Elkington and Co., hallmarked London, 1882 - 1883

Parcel-gilt silver sugar basin engraved with Japanese-inspired decoration, part of a tea set: English, Birmingham, by Elkington and Co., hallmarked London, 1882 - 1883

Parcel-gilt silver teaspoon engraved with Japanese-inspired decoration, part of a tea set: English, Birmingham, by Elkington and Co., hallmarked London, 1882 - 1883

Parcel-gilt silver teaspoon engraved with Japanese-inspired decoration, part of a tea set: English, Birmingham, by Elkington and Co., hallmarked London, 1882 - 1883

Parcel-gilt silver teaspoon engraved with Japanese-inspired decoration, part of a tea set: English, Birmingham, by Elkington and Co., hallmarked London, 1882 - 1883

Porcelain teapot from a tea set moulded in the form of shells and painted in pink: Irish, Fermanagh, Belleek, late 19th to early 20th century

Porcelain teapot cover from a tea set moulded in the form of shells and painted in pink: Irish, Fermanagh, Belleek, late 19th to early 20th century

Teaset with teapot, two cups and two plates of stoneware, brown with pattern of bound bamboo writing slips with incised texts, Yixing ware: China, by Li Changhong, Shen Quhua and Shen Hansheng, 1980s

Ceramic tea set of cup, saucer and plate designed and made for the Women's Political and Social Union's Grand Suffrage Bazaar and Exhibition, Glasgow, 1910