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# In Eighteenth-Century Britain, a Black Boy Serving at the Tea Table Was a Mark of a Household of Particularly High Standing
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-xviii-veke-v-britanii-znakom-osobo-vysokogo-statusa-doma-byl-chernyi-malchik-prisluzhivaiushchii-pri-servirovke-chaia/
- Published: 2017-02-06T09:14:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:46:03.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Aristocracy, Mores, Society, Humour

In eighteenth-century Britain, a mark of a household's particularly high standing was a Black boy waiting on the tea table. As for the preposterous headgear of noble ladies, in every age it has been the sign of a face best not looked at too closely