Date:1960 - 1963 (c.)
Description:These oriental figures date from the eighteenth century and topped the front a tea warehouse in Market Street. Made from a hard plaster known as Roman Cement, the figures were a form of advertisement at a time when tea was an expensive commodity. The shop was demolished in 1963 and the figures are now in the County Museum collection..
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There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place ...
Design for a new Shire Hall on Market Square. In 1790 a decision was made to ...
Stafford possessed a market as early as 1206, when Edward the Elder passed a law ...
Thomas Amies was Mayor of Stafford in 1889. He is wearing his chain of office.
The General Post Office moved from Eastgate Street to this building on Market Square ...
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These oriental figures date from the eighteenth century and topped the front a tea warehouse in Market ...
A detail of one of the 18th century oriental figures which topped the front of a former tea warehouse ...
One of four 18th century oriental figures which topped the front of a former tea warehouse at 4 Market ...
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Donor ref:P98.003.0023 (18/1385)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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