An Afternoon Tea, 1901

The ritual of the 5 o'clock tea with cake and biscuits, which developed in the 18th century, remains a quintessential part of British culture into the 21st century.

An afternoon tea, black-and-white photograph, around 1901, unknown photographer; source: Library of Congress LC-USZ62-49944, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3a50035, public domain.