Gifts and Gift-giving [ Politics & Society / Furniture & Interior decoration / Social interaction ]
… expensive items of food, such as venison, were exchanged to foster, reflect and consolidate relationships between family, friends and patrons. Samuel Pepys , who had navy contracts at his disposal, was said to have been given ‘Jars of …
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