GEORGE I SILVER TEAPOT

For Auction at Christies London June 12th 2006
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 British pounds
Mark of THOMAS TEARLE, LONDON, 1726
Bullet shaped and on stepped foot, with facetted spout and a wood handle, the hinged stepped cover with baluster finial, engraved 'M*H' underneath, marked underneath and inside cover
8 in. (20.4 cm.) long
gross weight 14 oz. (430 gr.)
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Lots of teapots

Lots of teapots
Originally uploaded by Very Victorian.

During a trip to Brugge (Belgium) "Very Victorian" saw these lovely teapots in a shop-window.

Purple Teapot

Purple Teapot
Originally uploaded by colocat05.

A delightful work by the French born master of the decorative art of glassblowing, Christian Thirion.

Rising Hawk iron

"IRON" TEAPOT MADE BY RISING HAWK, ENGLAND.
Sold on Ebay 23rd May for £42.00

Heart-tea

Beautiful heart shaped moulded pearlware teapot.
Staffordshire 1800's
Height 4.5 inches

More details here www.englishpottery.com

Kofi Annan

Peking University Chairman Xu Zhihong, right, offers a teapot to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Full storey

Roy Simpson

Roy Simpson designed Camel Made by Luber, Standing at 8.5 inches tall. Roy Simpson no.23 for J. Luber impressed on the bottom.
Sold on Ebay 20th May 2006 for £41.00

Teapot to Table Top

'Teapot to Table Top' booklet is free for the asking in the USA
Ten leading women chefs have each contributed a recipe using tea to a collection offered in a free, sturdy and colorful ring-bound booklet.
The recipe collection, "From Teapot to Table Top," includes information about types of teas - black, green, chai or white - as well as about heart health and tips for using tea.
The 10 recipes range from Moroccan Spiced Apricot Chicken, created by Lisa Schroeder of Mother's Bistro & Bar, Portland, Ore., to Red Dress Vanilla Rose Pound Cake, from Emily Luchetti of San Francisco's Farallon Restaurant.
Tea manufacturer Celestial Seasonings, which is offering the booklet, says it has made a donation to WomenHeart, the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, in honor of each chef who contributed a recipe.
The book is available by calling toll-free (866) 211-0374. [USA only]

“Suzy Duck”

Following a recent spring clean, Paul Cardew has found a prototype of the “Suzy Duck” unlike the original “Suzy”, this duck is black rather than white, but still has it’s yellow ducklings safely at her feet.
If anybody is interested in purchasing this teapot, e-mail sharon@cardewdesign.com.

Mrs. Potts

Mrs. Potts
Originally uploaded by girlfactor.

Parade of Dreams
Disneyland, Anaheim

New walking teaset

The first 7 sets of limited edition Walking Ware 2006 made by Roger Michell Lustre Pottery are now available as a set or individually.
The retail price on a complete set is £234. The special client price for a complete set which consists of a teapot, 2 cups, a milk jug and sugar bowl is £156
They are signed and dated on the base by the artist.
Measurements are :
teapot 21cm
cup 10cm
milk jug girl : 12cm boy : 9cm
sugar bowl 10cm
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Lady Teapot

Lady Teapot
Originally uploaded by Plays With Needles.

Cornwall Stamford

Clarice Cliff RARE CORNWALL STAMFORD TEAPOT C.1933
A superb and very rare Stamford tea for two sized teapot in Cornwall colourway, this along with Devon are the rarer colourways of moonlight, made in 1932/33 this piece shows off the pattern superbly.
Sold on Ebay 17th May 2006 for £1,070.00

Advanced throwing class

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Originally uploaded by Little Black Ache.

Adrian Saxe advanced throwing class...7 different wheel thrown elements.

Teafender Rover

From The Teapottery.
This is a prototype Teafender Rover. There will not be anymore made in this colour, P&P not included in the price. Starting bids over £40.
Closing date for bids 5pm 15th June 2006.
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Ceduna's state teapot winner

Joy Stott, of Ceduna, has won the Cancer Council's "Best teapot” competition for the Mid North region.
Joy entered her teapot in the competition after reading about it in the Sentinel a few weeks ago.
Joy said "When I read about the competition in the West Coast Sentinel I just had to enter my unique teapot, which belonged to my mother.
Joy said her mother was given the teapot by a friend when Joy was just a child and she believes it would have to be at least 60 years old.
The elephant teapot has no markings on it to determine its age or origin.
Joy is one of eight regional winners from South Australia and she is now in the running to go on and win the State title.
The State winner will be announced later this week.
The ladies of Ceduna have organised a teapot display, which will be held at the Ceduna Memorial Hall on Thursday May 25 for the Biggest Morning Tea.
Anyone interested in putting their teapot in the display can bring it to the Ceduna Memorial Hall Ceduna,South Australia from 9 am on the morning of May 25th.
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Collection de théières

You can find a number of galleries of teapots here from the Betjeman and Barton collection. Thank you Kris

Long John Silver

Large walking ware "Long John Silver" teapot with one leg and a stump and a parrot on the side. Dates from 1976. Lustre designs licensed this design to Rising Hawk
Size: Stands around 7.5 inches high and measures around 8.25 inches across.
Sold on Ebay 15th May 2006 for £142.88

LEEDS Creamware

A Rare Eighteenth Century English LEEDS Creamware Teapot with traditional black transfer decoration, manufactured circa 1780, and measuring 5" in height by 7.5" wide.
Sold on Ebay 14th May 2006 for £316.22 [US $598.00]

Pearlware

Pearlware coffee pot, early 19th c., with bird and tree decoration, together with another pearlware teapot with bird decoration.
Sold at auction May 13th 2006 for £793.19 [US$1,500]

Clarice Cliff

Large Clarice Cliff Teapot
Sold on Ebay 12th May 2006 for £207.00

Cream Tea Collection

Cream Tea Collection
Originally uploaded by Canis Major.

Paul Cardew's apple teapot looking rather tasty here as part of a cream tea at Saul Lodge, Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire.

Clayton Historical Society

Tea For Two
A collection of teapots
CLAYTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
6101 Main St., Clayton
The museum is open on Sunday and Wednesday from 2:00 p.m. until
4:00 p.m. and also by appointment.
Call (925) 672-0240 for an appointment or for more information.
When Kathleen Bailey collects teapots, she collects more than just the pot. She gathers the memories and stories each teapot represents.
Bailey, who owns about 75 teapots, shares a part of her collection with the public through an exhibit at the Clayton Historical Museum just in time for Mother's Day. She's been collecting teapots since the 1970s, usually finding them in flea markets and antique stores.
Every design, color and size imaginable can be seen on display -- from Asian to European styles and old-fashioned American designs.
Bailey recalls that her mother was a woman ahead of her time. She was already into green tea decades before people started touting its benefits.
Years later, she received her first teapot -- an English teapot shaped in the form of a house -- in the 1970s from her husband.
'It was my pride and joy,' she said. 'This was what started it all.'
Since then, Bailey's been hitting the local flea markets and thrift shops in search of unusual teapots to add to her growing collection. She would even pick up a few teapots during her travels.
'Then it got to be like a sickness,' she joked. 'It was a fun thing to do. The weather would be nice and I'd pick up a teapot or two.'
A purple teapots stands out and closer inspection reveals it was made by Bailey herself.
'I painted it purple because you don't see teapots in purple,' she said.
Original article
By Janice De Jesus

"Bull in a China Shop"

Someone from the USA is selling one of my "Bull in a China Shop" teapots from 1994 on Ebay at the moment... to see click here

"HONITON" Bizarre Bonjour

Bizarre Bonjour Tea Pot in the very rare "HONITON" Pattern from Clarice Cliff dating from 1936.
Sold on Ebay for £255.00 on 10th May 2006

The Artful Teapot Dixon Memphis

"Orange Pekoe" by Michael Hosaluk
The exhibition opens Sunday and runs until September 24th 2006.
On display are 250 teapots from the more than 6,000 amassed by collectors Gloria and Sonny Kamm, who are no relation to Dixon director Jay Kamm. The show was curated by ceramics authority Garth Clark, who wrote the accompanying catalogue.
The eclectic exhibition, which offers a selection of historical teapots to set a context for the show, consists primarily of objects created by such important contemporary artists as David Hockney and Roy Lichtenstein.
Despite the exhibition's contemporary emphasis, said Jay Kamm, "The Artful Teapot" makes a good fit at the Dixon because it "sort of picks up where our Stout Collection of 18th Century porcelain leaves off. It's kind of a takeoff on that."
"The Artful Teapot," said the Dixon director, offers "great stuff, wonderful stuff. The Kamms really challenged artists to take it to the extreme, to push the envelope. Some of it is outlandish and some of it is exquisite. Some are beautiful and some make you laugh."
Read the whole article by Fredric Koeppel

Norwich City

A Norwich City teapot, by Sadler's of Staffordshire, the body modelled as a brown leather panelled football, the spout as a referee's whistle, the knop as the F.A. Cup trophy and the handle as a footballer decorated in yellow and green taking a throw in, inscribed NORWICH to base, [height 15cm. 6in]
Sold on Ebay for £120 10th May 2006

Big Top teapot

Big Top teapot number 2 of only 3 pieces made for the recent Lorna Bailey 29th April Open Day celebrations 9.5 inches high by 8 inches wide and fully signed and numbered by Lorna. Sold on Ebay for £93.00 10th May 2006

1902 Coronation

Teapot Commemorating the 1902 Coronation of Queen Alexandra and King Edward VII. Features drawings of the Royals on front and back. 'Crowned June 26th 1902' above them, and 'long may they reign' below them. Sold on Ebay for £10.00 10th May 2006

"Poise"

Louisiana Native William Lewis is a self taught sculptor. He has been sculpting full time since 1989.
Lewis' work is included in the permanent collection of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, is on exhibit at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette, and is a part of private collections across the United States.
www.grandcontemporary.com

Chaozhou tea city

Chaozhou tea city
Originally uploaded by robert lio.

Minton teapot at Christies

A MINTON MAJOLICA COBALT-BLUE-GROUND TEAPOT AND COVER
Christies, South Kensington London
Sale Date: May 11th 2006
Lot Number 1424
Modelled as a flat iron, the cable handle surmounted by a cat, the finial formed as a mouse holding a carrot.
Date code for 1876, shape NO. 622
Estimate £15,000 - £25,000!!
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
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Charming Tea Time

Charming Tea Time
Originally uploaded by lynzdesigns.

Sterling silver charm bracelet - teapots, teacups and saucers float from this bracelet. Inbetween theteapots are flowers and small flowered cats eye beads. Perfect for the tea lover. For Sale at lynzdesigns.etsy.com

Virtual teapot museum!

Neil Turner has created a virtual environment using OpenGL and C++. Because OpenGL has a built-in routine for creating teapots. Neil decided to create a teapot museum with various differently-sized and coloured teapots. This is what he ended up with.
Neil's World

Ronald Reagan teapot

Designed by Luck and Flaw
Sold on Ebay for £114.00 8th May 2006

Richard Milette

Raffaello, 2000
Ceramic. 9.5 x 10 x 4.5 in.
More teapots from Richard

STILL LIFE WITH TEAPOT AND LEMONS

GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963) [ATTRIBUTED TO] STILL LIFE WITH TEAPOT AND LEMONS. Ink drawing, dated '44, unframed 8.75" x 12"
Sold at Auction for $1,200.00 to Sparta Teapot Museum 6th May 2006

The Lion & the Fox teapot

Roger Michel's next teapot will be The Lion & the Fox. Here is a photo of work in progress.
The teapot was inspired by a stunning pair of Chelsea candlesticks depicting the fable of The Tygre and the Fox.
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Paul Cardew’s Teapots Revisited

During a clean up, Paul has come across a couple of his old moulds and has plans to re-launch the “Page 3 and Fries”, “Ketchup Bottle” and “Hot Dog” teapots over the next month.
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WAR AGAINST HITLERISM

Crown Ducal "WAR AGAINST HITLERISM" patriotic teapot, made in 1939 for Dyson Horsfall of Preston " to replace aluminium stocks taken over for allied armamnets. "
Printed with patriotic mottoes - "THAT RIGHT SHALL PREVAIL" and "LIBERTY AND FREDOM" plus flags of alliies.
Sold on Ebay 5th May 2006 for £36.00

Telux

Teapot by South West Ceramics - It has their stamp on the bottom with the date 1989.
The tin of paint is the body and the paint is called "Telux"! SWC is printed on the front of the pot and on the back it tells you about the different types of tea you can find. This was one of Paul Cardew's early designs.
Sold on Ebay 5th May 2006 for £29.99

Dutch girl half doll

This rare little Dutch girl half doll is holding a teapot. She measures 2 3/4" and is unmarked.
Sold on Ebay 5th May 2006 for £205.00 now on it's way to the Sparta Teapot Museum.

TEAS ARE FILLING THE NATION'S TEAPOT

An interesting and rare C.W.S. tea advert in the form of a miniature enamel teapot.
Front reads "E & S C.W.S. "TEAS ARE FILLING THE NATION'S TEAPOT" and reverse "THE LARGEST GROWERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF TEA IN THE WORLD".
Early 1900s
Sold on Ebay for £65 5th May 2006

Japan Still Life

Japan Still Life
Originally uploaded by ack!fugue.

Cardew Design Cupids' cloud

Cardew Design Cupids' cloud with dolphin pedestal bought from Ashbys in Edinburgh in 1995. For sale on Ebay at the moment.
The seller says that one of these sold for £3500 at a Cardew Design Auction in 2001

South Australia best teapot?

The Cancer Council of South Australia is calling on the community to scour their kitchens in search of the State's best teapot in conjunction with their most enjoyable fundraiser, Australia's Biggest Morning Tea.
Every household has a teapot, and some might have a different story to tell, including marriages, births and life's celebrations.
Now the Cancer Council want special teapots to be a part of the lead up to another milestone event, Australia's Biggest Morning Tea on Thursday, May 25.
Entries for the competition are now open with tea lovers from across the state invited to contend for the title of best teapot and a unique trophy.
Whether it is the oldest, the one with the most history, the most artistic, or even part of the state's biggest collection, The Cancer Council South Australia wants to track it down.
It's easy and free to enter.
Teapot owners simply need to send a photo of their teapot and in 50 words or less tells us why theirs is the best.
If you have South Australia's Best Teapot, entry forms are available on the Internet www.cancersa.org.au, by email; events@cancersa.org.au or by calling 1300 65 65 85.
Entries close Wednesday, May 10th

Raku

Here is a photo of my angelic spouted form being lifted from the Raku kiln at about 1000 degrees centigrade!

Raku

and here she is emerging from the sawdust!

Is it a bird?

No it's an angelic, spouted form and was my first attempt at raku firing.
The term raku is derived from the Japanese Kanji character meaning "enjoyment" or "ease"....and I certainly enjoyed myself!
It's a form of Japanese pottery characterized by low firing temperatures and the removal of pieces from the kiln while still glowing hot. The pot is removed from the hot kiln and placed into a container of sawdust to stain the exposed clay surfaces with carbon.

Cardew Large Snowman

Signed on bottom P Cardew Christmas '92
Sold on Ebay for £102.00