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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