The Coat of Arms

The Coat of Arms

Jun 08 , 2022

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The original East India Company was honoured by being granted a Coat of Arms by HM Queen Elizabeth I. It was given as a symbol of her confidence in...

Cornwallis receives The Tiger of Mysore’s Sons

Cornwallis receives The Tiger of Mysore’s Sons

Jun 08 , 2022

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Robert Home’s oil painting of Lord Cornwallis, Governor General of India, receiving the Mysore hostages in 1792 reflects a new British zeitgeist in...

Köhler's Medicinal Plants

Köhler's Medicinal Plants

Jun 08 , 2022

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The tea plant is well worth celebrating for its beauty as well as for its usefulness. It's a small evergreen plant with dark, pointy leaves with s...

The Merchants Mark

The Merchants Mark

May 05 , 2022

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Soon after its creation, the company began to use a ‘balemark,’ which identified The Company’s products as they arrived in busy ports or were sold ...

A View of London from the Thames

A View of London from the Thames

May 05 , 2022

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For our Signature Peppermint, we've chosen a splendid illustration, a 'View of London from the Thames' by John Bluck, included in one of the 3 volu...

A Bottle To Keep

A Bottle To Keep

May 05 , 2022

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Our bottle has been as carefully crafted to tell our story as the gin itself. When next taking a sip, take a moment with the bottle: The closure is...

Walking the Tightrope in Darjeeling

Walking the Tightrope in Darjeeling

Apr 13 , 2022

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William Daniell was only 16 when he first set sail with his uncle to Calcutta in 1785. A grand adventure for a young man. Before long, he was a pai...

A Royal Breakfast Coronation

A Royal Breakfast Coronation

Apr 13 , 2022

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Connections to royalty for The East India Company date back to Elizabethan times with the issue of Royal Charter in 1600, but it was Charles II and...

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