Joseph Edward Tea Shoppe

Price:

$15.00

Status:
Size: 1.75 x 2.25 x 2 Inches

Product Details:

Coordinates With: 4025256 Evan Hoyt Sponge Dealer

Collector Notes:

	Introduced January, 2012
	View all the new for 2012 Dickens Village

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Price:

$85.00

Lit building
Status:
Size: 5.5 x 4 x 7 Inches

Collector Notes:

	Introduced January, 2012
	View all the new for 2012 North Pole Village

Can you imagine life without sponges? Historically, sponges came from the sea and most from the Mediterranean. In the middle of the Victorian age, sponges were found off the coast of Florida and harvested in great numbers for use in Europe. Tarpon Springs and areas near the Bahamas became the world exporter of sponges. They were hooked from the bottom with long-handled rakes, dried, beaten clean and bleached. This harvest, done by hand, insured that the sponge beds would continue to produce. Sponges of all sizes were in great demand for household use, in baths and kitchens but they were also widely used in surgery and had industrial uses insulating certain kinds of machinery. British pottery factories used sponges by the ton to create the smooth edges of dishes and bowls and pitchers.

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Price:

$95.00

Lit building
Status:
Size: 6.5 x 5.75 x 7.75

Collector Notes:

	Introduced January, 2012
	View all the new for 2012 Dickens Village

A lovely compliment to the Gaslight Pubs, the Partridge and Pear was inspired by the restaurant at Christmas Place in Pigeon Forge. Tudor detailing makes it just as at home in London. Decal artwork inspired by the actual Partridge & Pear logo, and slogan “Good Food and Holiday Cheer!”

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Price:

$20.00

Status:
Size: 2 x 1.5 x 2.75

Product Details:

Coordinates With: 4025253 The Partridge and Pear

Collector Notes:

	Introduced January, 2012
	View all the new for 2012 Dickens Village

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(1 customer review)

By: Ramona L. (Campbell, CA) on May, 2012

Price:

$30.00

Status:
Size: 4.5 x 2.5 x 3.5

Product Details:

Coordinates With: 4020183 Joseph Edward Tea Shoppe

Collector Notes:

	Introduced January, 2011
	View all the new for 2011 Dickens Village

Many beautiful details enhance this new costermonger or street seller. Dressed in fine custom, our lady offers tea from decorated urns. Note the detailed signage referencing the history of afternoon tea, when Anna, Duchess of Bedford, requested tea in the afternoon, served with cakes, sweets, and “Sandwiches”, stuffed slices of bread coined by the Earl of Sandwich.

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(3 customer reviews)

By: STEPHEN L. (SUMNER, WA) on February, 2012
By: Nancy G. (Erie, CO) on September, 2011
By: Mary H. (Ewing, NJ) on September, 2011