Craig Clunas explains that because Chinese crafts are found spread throughout English country houses and play an indispensable part in traditional English interior decoration, most English people naturally assume that they are "honorary British objects."
柯博士表示，這些早期中國工藝品遍佈英國鄉村宅邸，由於它們在英國傳統室內裝飾史上不可或缺的角色，一般人理所當然地以「榮譽英籍」看待它們。