Ashmolean Museum Podcast Featuring Marrying Cultures

The Ashmolean Museum recently launched a brand new podcast series entitled ‘Thinking With Things’, where leading academics from the University of Oxford narrate the story behind various treasures from the Ashmolean’s famous collections.

Professor Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly describes how a Meissen porcelain chocolate cup and tea bowl represent the fusion of cultures from a royal marriage. Watch the podcast here: http://www.ashmolean.org/podcasts/casts/?id=8.

Read more about the Meissen porcelain cup in our Item of Interest section.