
The Queensland Terrace is a room of delightful surprise, adopting the miscreant logic of being both outdoors and a precious cabinet for treasures and memories. It houses a fragile domestic cargo of china teacups that evokes memories of places, people and occasions throughout the state. The collection speaks of the humble collective ritual of tea-taking while simultaneously being reflected, multiplied, fractured and glorified in kaleidoscopic patterns over the glamorously mirrored ceiling.
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Tea Time State Library of Queensland Flickr set
View State Library's Tea Time photograph collection on Flickr.
Vintage Queensland Cups and Saucers
Learn more about four vintage tea cups and saucers and one plate featuring images of Queensland locations, found in the State Library collection.
Retro Sandgate Brisbane Cups and Saucers 1950-1959
A matching-pair of vintage retro cups and saucers decorated with an image featuring the Town Hall viewed from Sandgate Memorial Park.
"Greenmount Beach" Coolangatta, Qld. Plate and Cup ca. 1950
View a three piece souvenir teacup set featuring an image of Greenmount Beach at Coolangatta.