Today's smart stuff is a teapot, but not just any old teapot. Firstly, it's ceramic, which is claimed to be the best for good tea. Secondly, it has two smart containers or saddlebags where you can put your teabag(s) after dunking them in the hot water, thus avoiding messing up the tabletop or your saucer. The website claims that this particular teapot is based on a fifties design, but we've never
7"X5" Oil on board
I spent far too much time on this one.
The teapot must be 100 years old and belonged to my grandfather. This is just a humble "two-cupper", it has "Imperial Restaurant" engraved on the side and my grandfather used it all his life for his morning tea. I am ashamed to say that I was the one who dropped it so that the lid doesn't fit properly any more.
My great-grandfather was p
A year after a collector pulled out of a deal to exclusively display his eclectic teapot collection, organizers of the teapot museum in Sparta are changing the name to include crafts and are reaching out with demonstrations and lectures in the hopes of distinguishing it from other museums.The Sparta Teapot Museum of Craft and Design article is here
Hello, I am new to this...but not to finding an antique. This weekend I was looking for an item and came across one I would not have bought or even looked for in the past. I even passed this up at first and went back to the store to buy it. Okay...from what I found out on line it is a Meriden B. Company Quadruple plate TEAPOT set it has hinged lids and it has what I think is Aesthetic style,repous
Wonderful Kangaroo teapot.No clear stamp mark underneath but similar to Stone's Pottery of Brisbane.Sold on ebay 13th September 2008 AU $361.76 (approximately £165.15)
Drinking tea is a special time. Unlike coffee, where things are rushed at a breakneck speed, drinking tea is a time of introspection, and meditation. It is personal, spiritual and ceremonial.The Zygo teapot draws on these qualities to enhance the tea experience. The delicate yet sturdy ceramic frame embraces the stainless steel sphere in an engaging juxtaposition of form, surface, and material.Des
but this is what I have been working on for the past few months.A salt, pepper and mustard set for the Novelty Salt & Pepper Shakers Club based in the USA. This was made for the San Francisco "Shakers by the Bay" club convention held in July 2008 Limited edition of 300 sets. The salt and peppers nod as if in an earthquake! The postcard illustration is by renowned children's book illustrator Jago y
Tessography/Tesseomancy, or as it is more commonly known as, tealeaf reading, is an age-old form of divination. Some think that it originated in ancient Greece, and others in ancient China.Once a very popular practice to gather insight, it has seemed to have sadly fallen by the wayside. I personally use various forms of divination, and tealeaf reading is one of my favourites.Contrary to what many
Sparta Teapot Museum is shrinking again! A year ago the project was scaled back and lost a commitment to exclusively display a 7,000 strong collection of Sonny Kamm's teapots, now they are planning to sell 4 acres of the downtown site.more details
Doesn't this make you want to sing that song? I love this teapot. The fact that he has a matching mug is just icing on the cake. He reminds me of those old dish towels with anthropomorphic dancing dishes and cutlery. I'm pretty sure these guys sprout legs and play with the fiestaware when I'm not looking.
If anyone knows his history, let me know. He's a beautiful fire-king green, but no mar
Here In Spirit, makes ceramic urns and vases using the ashes of the departed.John Lowndes commissioned them to make him a teapot using his fathers ashes.Article from the Daily Mail
A stunning modernist white ceramic teapot by the renowned Italian designer Giorgio Giugiaro. The streamlined and smooth shape is reminiscent of his notable car designs he was the winner of the award of Car Designer of the Century in 1999.Sold on eBay 3rd June 2008 for £78.09
Chinese master potter Wu Ruishen has created a mini teapot weighing just 1.4 grams. The ceramic teapot was revealed on Nov 15 and is claimed to be the smallest teapot in the world.The 73-year-old Wu is a renowned pottery artist in China, specializes in creating teapots. His artworks can be found in various museums in China.
Here's a recent recycled teapot I made. It has a cast tin can body, a handmade spout and handle, with a teapot lid from another design. Re-use and recycle!!
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Craft Alliance's biennial teapot exhibition is one of the institution's most popular events. This year, the show includes more than 80 clay teapots made by more than 60 potters.The pots were chosen by master potter Fong Choo, who invited 20 artists and chose the rest from submissions. "I selected the works based on four criteria: strong form, great craftsmanship, skill in handling the medium and attention to detail," Choo said. Potters from all over the country are featured.In addition to being more or less functional — some of the pots might frustrate users — all the pots were required to fit within a 10-by-10-inch box.Full article
Sometime the plant doesn’t need the special pot as its place. The used good like this teapot also nice. So if you are a gardener, don’t just throw away your used container. Consider to use it as a pot. Some used good will have the unique shape for pot.
The other used good that can be [...]
Paul has had a re-think with regard to the open day and, bearing in mind that no doubt many of you will be going down to Sue Blayze's open house this weekend, and the fact that May 3rd is bank holiday weekend, Paul is planning to postpone this day until later in the month - the exact date to be announced soon!
The Automatic Teapot is a 20-ounce stoneware teapot that automatically steeps your tea, without using batteries or electricity. The infuser basket doubles as a counterweight, which is triggered to turn over once the timer finishes. They say it has a drip less spout too! Check out their website for more info at www.the-teaspot.com
To all of you avid teapot collectors out there, Paul Cardew is holding a "Teapot Friends Reunited" open day down at the Cardew Pottery at Bovey Tracey on the 3rd May. Due to the company’s imminent closure, this will be the very last day that you will be able to see the Cardew Teapottery in all of its glory and bag those teapot bargains.This day will give you the chance to catch up with friends and foes that many of you have made over the years through your teapot collecting and the many Signing Days and evening events that Paul has held.
This teapot was one of the very first teapots that Paul Cardew ever made. It was produced whilst he was working with "Sunshine Ceramics" and went into production but was a very small run. Even Sue Blayze of "Teapot Island" fame does not have one of these! He is accepting sealed bids with regard to this teapot, of no less than £1,000, so if you are interested in this teapot, do please send him an e-mail and let him know.
Designed by the Suprematist Kasimir Malewitsch in 1923, a porcelain tea-pot together with four demi-cups sold for £299.00 on 1st April 2008 ... someone got a real bargain!!!
China reports that the biggest Zisha clay teapot has just been completed in Yixing, a small city in east China renowned for a unique type of clay. It's been used for pottery making in the area for over 3,000 years.Full article.
Johannes has been researching Gräfsnäs castle ruin near Gothenburg, Sweden. The former castle has an interesting history. According to the legend it was cursed by a woman that was badly treated by the landowner. She told that it would be plagued by fire three times with 100 years apart, and the castle was actually burnt in 1634, 1734 and 1834.During the day of the fire in 1834 many people came to 'rescue' the things in the castle and many things were stolen.It is believed that the teapot above came from the castle via a gardener.Can it be dated to before or after the looting in 1834 I wonder? It was made by a company called Shaw & Fisher...anyone know anything about them?
Da Yu Xiao Hu 3: Third International Small Teapot Competition25th February until 27th March 2008 at Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, California, USACheck out the wonderful teapot slide show.
It's true that the entire gadget craze is aimed at making us lazy, but it's better to go with the pretense that they make life more simple! At least my hubby would agree with this theory, and so would many others in this world. You have to admit that some of these design innovations are not the same for all. What might be a lame device for someone, could actually be a blessing for someone else. And this Lazy Teapot seems to fit the bill! It's a classic teapot that relieves you of that...
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It's true that the entire gadget craze is aimed at making us lazy, but it's better to go with the pretense that they make life more simple! At least my hubby would agree with this theory, and so would many others in this world. You have to admit that some of these design innovations are not the same for all. What might be a lame device for someone, could actually be a blessing for someone else. And this Lazy Teapot seems to fit the bill! It's a classic teapot that relieves you of that cumbersome and backbreaking chore of actually picking up a teapot and pouring its contents into a cup. And there's a little more! (img source)Designed by Lotte Alpert, this concept is both stylish, elegant, and could actually come in handy. Most of the cool gadgets simply sell on a style appeal, and the few t
A Midwinter teapot in the Monaco design by Jessie Tait, a prolific ceramic designer working in the Stoke-on-Trent pottery industries from the 1950s to the early 1990s.Sold on eBay 12th February 2008 for £76.00
Helen is in Year 11 at the Everest Community College in Basingstoke, and is due to take her final exams in June of this year. She is studying my work as part of her coursework!She has made a Teapot using the initials of her name "HAM"Good luck with your exams Helen.
This tiny little thing is an amazing teapot, created by a Chinese porcelain artist Wu Rui-shen on November 15th, 2007. This teapot is the world’s smallest teapot, weighing in at only 1.4gms....
Quilted Teapot Originally uploaded by Patchwork Pottery An experiment on bridging the gap between patchwork and pottery!Finished size: 8 inches tall x 7" wide x 13" from spout to handle.
This teapot is made to look like a Leather Football with a Silver Trophy on top. The handle is in the shape of a player with a cap - there are initials on the cap which look like "MC"? SHREWSBURY is written under the base & there is also impressed "MADE IN ENGLAND" "REGISTERED No. 826051".Sold on eBay 11th November 2007 for £101.99
Dribblesome teapot? You need thirsty paper ‘tutus’ that fit over the spout to soak up drips, whilst you sit back and enjoy a good cuppa!£3.99 for a pack of 50 from Lakeland
A wealthy art collector from Los Angeles said this month that he has pulled out of a commitment to exclusively display his eclectic collection of teapots at a museum in Sparta intended for them.The Sparta Teapot Museum has raised $4.2 million, including more than $1 million of federal and state money, to draw tourists to a region hard-hit by manufacturing losses.Now organizers say that even with the loss of the teapot collection they don’t intend to return any of the money they have raised.Full story by Sherry Youngquist
Made to order by Raju Peddada11 x 13 x 3"$10000.Raju's mission is to create unique and rewarding relationships with customers by enabling them to experience the myth, mystery and fantasy in his creations.See more at Funtion+Art
Organizers of the Sparta Teapot Museum, which received $900,000 in taxpayer-funded grants and a bushel of unwanted publicity, are planning to build a very different museum than first envisioned. It's expected to be a fraction of the original size and won't focus exclusively on a donated teapot collection.The wealthy principal donor plans to take many, though not all, of his teapots elsewhere and has all but abandoned the idea of building a 10,000-square-foot foundation headquarters in the small N.C. mountain town of Sparta.Sonny Kamm, the prominent Los Angeles securities lawyer who planned to donate his 10,000 teapots, said he's exploring other options.Full story
Celadon Glazed Porcelain Teapot Circa 2005The teapot above is a little more sophisticated than the first teapot that I ever made, though it has its fatal flaws too. Namely, I glazed the sieve holes shut and it will never function as a proper teapot. It sits on a shelf in my kitchen; and since I'm not a tea person myself we're very happy together.I'm not quite sure why pottery and tea go together like honey and bees but it does. There's a long tradition of making teapots by pottery and ceramic artists dating back to ancient China. I had the good fortune to watch a demonstration of a group of Chinese potters craft Yixing Teapots when I was in school at the University of Southern Maine. My professor, Ray Chen, brought the traveling artists to campus for a workshop that was just fascinating. The teapots are gorgeous, simple vessels that are hand built - no pottery wheel is used, only a paddle to shape it.In addition to the teapot demo, they also crafted handmade tools and brushes
A rare all black version this teapot was designed and made by me Andy Titcomb in 1986, it was originally sold through Citroen dealerships in the UK, and mail-order via Citroen's in-house magazine.Sold on eBay for £24.55 on 19th August 2007
The 2007 Sydney Teapot ShowFriday 27 July - Sunday 2 SeptemberThe nineteenth year of this exhibition, and every year the audience of interested collectors, potters, admirers of creative objects, and, of course, tea drinkers grows.Last year's winners were Judy Pierce, Julie Shaw, Kay Pemberton, Anita Stewart, Mary-Lou Pittard and Tim O'Regan. Their teapots were amongst a total of 158, with 67 ceramicists participating. Great sales, with over 65% of the pots sold.
The Midwinter Zambesi teapot continues to sell for good money, though last year it was selling for £400 plus. This example sold on eBay for £310.02 on 5th August 2007.
Organizers of the Sparta Teapot Museum say they are scaling back the project that would house a Los Angeles millionaire’s unusual teapot collection.The museum was intended to draw tourism - and money - to this small town near the Blue Ridge Parkway, but organizers say now that the region cannot support what was initially proposed."Of course, our first plan was a wonderful dream. It was an absolute dream museum. The problem was we just couldn’t afford our dream," said Sandy Carter Herndon, a member of the museum’s board of directors.The board decided earlier this month to reduce the size of the building by more than half, cutting the cost from $14 million to an estimated $6 million.The move could jeopardize an arrangement to permanently display Sonny Kamm’s more than 7,000 eclectic teapots - a collection considered to be the largest of its kind in the world."There would be less teapots displayed, and it is unclear at this time what level of involvement we will have from Mr. Kamm
David Leach’s signature teapot with fluted sides. The piece is glazed in a tenmoku glaze. Made at the Lowerdown Pottery near Bovey Tracey, Devon.Sold on eBay for £480.00 on 28th July 2007
Arts & Crafts Nouveau Liberty Tudric pewter Knox teapot decorated with a whiplash Knox design either side of the ebony handle.Stamped with pattern number 0374, and Registered Number 449655, 'English Pewter', and 'Solkets'.Sold on ebay for £150 on 15th July 2007
Teapot for Antiques Originally uploaded by Ray Tomes In Tirau, a town in the central North Island of New Zealand, they have had the idea to make a lot of signs and statues out of corrugated iron. They are quite beautiful and entertaining.
A teapot hidden in the back of a cupboard for years sold at auction for £3,800.It was found by Elizabeth South who thought it was "junk".Auctioneers from Thomas Mawer and Son, in Lincoln spotted it and they knew it was something special.The teapot, dates from 1810 to 1820, and is an example of Prattware, a style of pottery created by Felix Pratt of Longport in Staffordshire.
Renie Breskin Adams has crocheted so much she had to wear bandages and leather gloves to protect her worn out fingers! Finally she had to quit. Her works have been widely exhibited, internationally, and are in private and public collections, including the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C.See more of her work.
Teapot Soldiers Originally uploaded by abi macrobert Part of an installation by Dennis Goodwin at Portsmouth University degree shows 2007 See more at www.32-degrees.co.uk
Chelsea Fable teapot, C.1752-3. Painted by Jeffreys hamett O'Neal. With the Aesop's Fable of The Goat In The Well. This is the teapot that was sold by Bonhams in London on 18th September 2002, lot no.128. Estimate £7,000 to £9,000.Sold on eBay 25th June 2007 for £4,300.00
Conocido localmente como 'kiri', el "Teapot" es una de las atracciones de Kuala Belait (KB) y simboliza los cuatros distritos del sultanato: Brunei-Muara, Tutong, Belait and Temburong
A wonderful,large robot teapot with 'raygun' spout and a 'rocket fuel' cylinder as the handle. Base marked Dinkum Classics, Made in Australia.No bids on eBay 29th May 2007
porcelain teapot is put in its associated holding device where it can be swayed forward well, directed so that the tea can be easily poured into a cup without having to lift the teapot. Furthermore the holding device is able to boil up the liquid in the teapot and to keep it warm precisely on different temperatures. The measured temperatures are read at the diodes in the region of the operational controls and compared with the temperature that was manually chosen.Designer: Lotte Alpert
Hampton brews up World's Largest Teapot. Hampton Hotel employee volunteers paint the World's Largest Teapot in Chester, which is the 30th landmark to be refurbished by Hampton Hotels' Save-A-Landmark program. David Nurmi, executive director of the Chester-Newell Chamber of Commerce, paints the Teapot top. Hampton is contributing an estimated 85 hours of manpower and more than $15,000 toward this project. (Photo: Business Wire)more details
If you live nearby you could visit...The Sparta Teapot Museum Preview Gallery18 South Main StreetSparta, North Carolina 28675Phone - 336-372-7795Thursday-Saturday10am - 5pmJune - August10am - 6pmThe Sparta Teapot Museum website is currently being rebuilt.
Basalt teapot of about 1810, made in the form of a barrel entwined with grapevines. 14 cm (5.5 inches) to the top of the finial.Sold on eBay 13th May 2007 for £281.00
Teapot fountain Originally uploaded by garryknight. This is in the entrance to Cannizaro Park on Wimbledon Common London. It's a lovely place full of flowers in spring and summer.
The Coalport Teapot Exhibition will take place from April 30th until November 2nd 2007 at the Coalport China Museum, near Ironbridge, Shropshire.Providing visitors with detailed insights into the tea drinking culture in Britain during the 18th and early 19th centuries the exhibition highlights how Coalport China was at the forefront of this.On offer will be a varied selection of teapots of all shapes and sizes displaying the full range of patterns used on Coalport porcelain in the early 19th century.
