Novelty / Figural Teapots

This past Tuesday, Teacup Attic,  a Facebook member, featured a lady from Australia highlighting her 1,100 novelty/figural teapots.  Trish [photo below] began her collection in 1993 and now has three rooms in her home devoted to them.  They are organized by categories [cats, birds, cars, clowns, etc.] and she has a photo record of each one.  Ironically, she said she doesn't use any of them as she prefers a teabag in a cup/mug.

It made me wonder how many novelty/figural teapots I have, and that I should probably photograph mine for record keeping purposes too - not that I have anywhere near the number Trish has.  My intent has never been to collect as many different ones as possible, but to use specific ones in themed tea party tablescapes.  I was surprised to count 37 in my collection.  I started the task of photographing them last night - 23 done and 12 to go.

I won't publish all 23 in this post, but I will share a few of my favorites.  I'd love to know if you collect novelty/figural teapots.

 

I bought the camel teapot for a Tea Around the World prop - Turkey and/or India.

~ Christopher Columbus ~

I've never done a Sherlock Holmes mystery tea, but it's on my 'to do' list. 

When I went to England in 2007, my two girlfriends and I went to the Sherlock Holmes museum in London [221b Baker St.] and I bought several things for a Sherlock Holmes mystery tea party.

 

Love clock teapots for a New Year's tea party.

I bought Mrs. Piggy for my mother, and when she passed away I added the teapot to my collection.

The Sadler Daintee Lady is probably my newest figural teapot.

I was so happy when I found Paul Cardew's teapot of Queen Elizabeth II.

The last one I'll share is my Annie Rowe handbag teapot, called 'Picadilly'.  I've done several handbag presentations, and this makes a nice prop to go with the theme.

I'm so grateful to Teacup Attic for featuring Trish's collection.  It brought all of mine to memory because many of mine aren't on display, and when they're not visable there's a tendency to forget them.