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