Byrons tea pot

 From the list of items, I feel most drawn to Byrons teapot as there are so many connections and possibilities I can explore.The connection of sugar, privilege and the  slave trade, creating the funds to later renovate the Abbey to how it is today.

My Snap of Byrons teapot

Honeys reaction to Byrons tea pot hangs above it. Showing pots and cups attached to handcuffs symbolising the tea and sugar trade connections with slavery. 

The pattern of the tea pot and the story  of the willow pattern interests me, I'm very drawn to the blue colour. Also the connection to Byron as it being a possession of his.

The tea pot isn't the only willow pattern possession of Byrons, willow pattern toilet bowl. ( I don't know if it belonged to Byron but I like to think it was his😁) 

Lastly the personal connection to my own work at the Abbey, serving tea in a vintage set up as part of my pop up tearoom.

The story of Willow Pattern.

Example of Willow pattern

The couple transformed into birds.