Teapots V

I want to conclude the teapot series today, so there will be more teapots in this post than the previous ones.   There was a chapter in the Teapots book devoted exclusively to silver, pewter and other metal teapots, so that is where I will begin this post.

Before my mother passed away she gave me her silver plate tea service that she and my dad received for their 25th Wedding Anniversary [top photo]. Because I've done several teas for my church I also bought a silver plate tea service of my own [bottom photo]. Missing from the photo is the tipping hot water pot and waste bowl.   

I have two tipping teapots - one brass and the other silver plate.  The silver plate tipping teapot is special because it was a gift from my children.  The bottom photo is a silver plate teapot that is back stamped City Hotel - although it doesn't say what city.  It's for an individual serving of tea.

Many years ago when I was aspiring to open a tearoom, a dear friend gave me the silver plate teapot on the left.  She said she wanted to give me my tearoom's first teapot. A tearoom never happened, but I think of her every time I see the teapot.  I'm very fond of the wooden-handled teapot on the right, because it's back stamped J.L. Hudson's Department Store, Detroit, MI.  I bought it from an E-bay seller in Texas, and brought it back home to Michigan!

I love my Samovar even though I've never used it.  It needs to be converted to AC.

I used to have a large copper collection, but sold it to make room for all my teawares.  I kept the copper teapot, teakettle, and tea caddy though.

~  Japanese Cast Iron Hobnail Tetsubin ~  

The Teapots book also has a chapter on tiny/small teapots and I have a few of those.  The teapot below looks like a full-size teapot, but it's actually a two-cup by Old Amsterdam.

The Chinese tea set on the left is miniature, but the one on the right is full-size.  The backstamp is in Chinese.

Sandy Clough child's tea set.

~ The last teapot category is Holidays/Seasonal.  St. Patrick's Day leads the way. ~

Teapot on left is from Carrigaline Pottery, Ireland.  On right is the Shannon pattern by I. Godinger & Company.

The Leprechaun teapot came from Jo-Ann Fabrics several years ago.  It has no markings.

Easter chick below is backstamped Mesa International, Warner, New Hampshire. The pottery tea set in the middle is packed away so I don't know its manufacturer.  The teapot on the right is Grace's Teaware.

Fall teapots: top left purchased at Home Goods, pattern Harvest Festival by 222 Fifth; top right backstamped made in Mexico;  lower left, Teavana's Porcelain Country Ruby Filigree and lower right, Chatsford teapot with infuser basket.

Top: Columbus Day teapot - Figures from History by Fitz & Floyd

Bottom:  Thanksgiving teapot by Myott Factory in Romania

Halloween - the black teapot has no markings and the orange teapot is a Waechterback from Germany. 

Fitz & Floyd Nutcracker teapot [L] and the teapot on the right came from the Teapot Shoppe [online].

~ Sandy Clough tea sets ~

A Cup of Christmas Tea [L] and Noel by Sango [R].  I was happy to add two more teacups to my A Cup of Christmas Tea set this year, making a total of four teacups.  Noel by Sango is my Christmas China.

Holiday Tartan by Lenox [L] and Winterbury by Pfaltzgraff [R]

Snowmen/Winter

Whew!  This concludes the teapot series.  It was a bigger project than I anticipated, but I'm glad I did it.  The final teapot count is 138.  I may have missed a few, but it's pretty close. I should resolve to never buy another teapot since I have more than enough for one person, but realistically there'll probably be more teapots that will take up residency at my house.  ;-)

I hope you enjoyed this series.  My hubby asked when I was going to begin cataloging my teacups with photos and I said, "Not for awhile!"  ;-) 

Teapots IV

Every teapot collector needs plain white teapots that go with any color scheme.  Three of my white teapots were gifts, and the Twinings teapot I bought when I visited their London tea shop in 2015. The teapot in the upper left is called Butler and Pantry by Lenox.  The teapot in the upper right has no markings, and the lower left is simply backstamped 'Made in England'.

A few years back I bought six sturdy, white, 6-cup teapots and warmers from Harold Imports when I was doing teas for a restaurant.  They have no markings.

Upper left teapot has no markings - I just thought it was cute when I saw it at Home Goods. Upper right is called Tea Time Legends - Sherlock Holmes by Department 56.  At the time of purchase, I thought it would be fun to have a Sherlock Holmes theme tea, but as yet it hasn't happened. Lower left is a London teapot by David Birch, and lower right is Kensington Palace in London, by James Sadler. I've been fortunate to tour Kensington Palace three times, so I wanted a commemorative teapot from there.

Four fun teapots. The Clock was purchased at Cracker Barrel, the Butler from Bombay Company, the Camel [backstamped Japan] from an antique store, and the Butterfly teapot was a gift.

Teapot on left says Chelsea Tea Shop by Hallmark, and the Victorian House teapot came from Cracker Barrel.   I love looking at all the gifts at Cracker Barrel, and the food is good too!  ;-)

Teapots and matching cookie jar on my kitchen counter from three different antique stores.

Granny teapot by Tony Wood, Staffordshire, England.

Music box teapot with no markings.

Thomas Kinkade teapot by Telafloral.  The lid says "Home is where the heart is."  The bottom tea set came from Victoria, British Columbia on my 2008 visit.

~ Sandy Clough "Blessings Among the Roses" Tea Set ~ 

Telafloral "tea table" teapot. Over the years my hubby has given me several floral arrangements in teapots. I've kept some and put others in garage sales.  One that I've always regretted not keeping was a very pretty white floral teapot with a purple spout, handle, and butterfly on the lid, but once it's gone, it's gone.

This teapot was made in Italy and has a unique shape.  It's quite large and holds at least 2 quarts of tea.

Clear glass teapots.  The etched glass teapot on the left is by Princess House, and the one on the right is German made. I use it frequently for steeping tea before decanting and transferring to another teapot.  When it was new the interior had a light purple glaze, but over time it's washed off.  Now only the circle on the bottom [center] remains.

These teapots bring the count to 94. Tea-for-One's and non-functional, decorative/ornamental teapots are not included in this series.  Neither are china chocolate pots [I only have four].  One flo-blue [repro] coffee pot made it's way into a Part II photo with teapots purchased at the same time, but it's the only coffee pot in this series. Since I'm not a coffee drinker I only have four china coffee pots [two were gifts] and two silver plate coffee pots that go with my silver service.  The china coffee pots are only used for display.

To be continued... 

Teapots III

Today's post will begin with my six durable Hall teapots.  I especially like the Aladdin shaped ones. The Autumn Leaf pattern was made by Hall for the Jewel Tea Company, and has an infuser basket.  Hall China Company was founded in 1903 in East Liverpool, Ohio, so the teapots are American made.

The musical tea set is made by Fielder Keepsakes in the United States. The large Pansy teapot is by Arthur Wood & Son and was a gift purchased at Heslops. Remember that fabulous chain china store that is no more?  I used to love to go there and just look at all the beautiful china.  The smaller teapot is by Crown Dorset.

The Leopard teapot came from South Africa, and my hubby got the bottom tea set  at a garage sale still in its original box.  Its only marking is Romeo and Juliet.

Alice in Wonderland by Paul Cardew, and Adelaide Yellow by 222 Fifth.

Beatrix Potter by Sadler for Frederick Warne, and the Grandfather Clock teapot is by Cardinal, Inc. and Big Ben teapot is by Price & Kensington Potteries in England.

Brown Betty - England's everyday teapot.  I bought the Boston Tea Party teapot at Bruce Richardson's Elmwood Inn Fine Teas in Kentucky for a Daughter's of the American Revolution [DAR] presentation about tea during the American Revolution.

Lastly, my three thatched roof cottage teapots.

These 22 teapots bring the count to 64.  It's amazing how quickly they add up! 

To be continued...

Teapots - Part II

My red teapot is the appropriate one to begin today's post, to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day!  This is as close as I can come to a Valentine teapot. It's a German-made, Waechterback.  Do you have a Valentine teapot?   

I am drawn to blue and white like a magnet, so that color dominates my collection.  The three teapots [and one coffee pot] in the two photos below are flow-blue transferware repros from Cracker Barrel more than ten years ago.  

The top tea set came from Bombay store when it was still in business, and the bottom set is adapted from a Vanderbilt Sèvres tea service circa 1888 at Biltmore.  I bought it on one of my visits to the estate.

The top tea set is Blue Nordic from England, and the bottom double-spouted teapot in the Forget-me-not pattern was a gift.

L-R Top Row: Repro Currier & Ives and Emma Bridgewater's Starry Skies pattern. Bottom Row: Daughter of the American Revolution teapot picturing Memorial Continental Hall purchased at the DAR in Washington, D.C., and a Delft Blue Windmill teapot that my hubby bought me when we visited Holland, MI.  A lot of my teapots are souvenirs from trips.  They are a wonderful keepsake.

A front and back view of Rington's Commemorative Centenary teapot.  I bought it in an antique store while on a 2014 Kentucky Tea Tour.  Rington's is a tea company in Newcastle on-Tyne in England.

I was gifted with the Rington's teapot below by a lady who lives in England.

L-R Top Row: Gracie China and Sadler teapot. Bottom Row: My hubby brought the blue and white transferware teapot home from a visit to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania at the Civil War Headquarters of General Robert E. Lee, and a re-pro flow-blow transferware teapot.

A Churchill teapot made in Romania, and a teapot I bought for my mother at a local department store many years ago.  It's stored in a tote in the basement and I'm too lazy to go retrieve it to see who manufactured it.  ;-)

The last teapot in today's post belonged to my mother.  

This second grouping of teapots brings the count to 43.  None of my teapots are highly collectible or extremely expensive, but they've been fun to collect and most of them are used at one time or another.

To be continued...