Thematic : Teapots On Stamps.

One can still purchase teapots made of Jena glass, but they do need careful handling. Is this one in the list? 1959 You put your tea leaves into the inset and then add the hot water (warm the can first!).

HI Rod, France is just across the river, so let me know if Tania Teapot would like some of those nice new ones. Kris

Kris,
It is now.
Thanks for the French offer, Klaus has covered that.

That Jena Teapot would be a nice item to adapt for inclusions, mint, cloves, ginger or cinnamon etc.

Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) used a reddish-brown clay to make the distinct dark ceramics known as black basalt. The traditional Wedgwood of today is a beautiful blue with intricate white decoration. 2009

Hi Rod, Indeed, the glass pot is very good for making herbal infusion teas. Does Tania have a collection of real pots? That must be like a museum and is surely an inspiration to do research into the craft of pot making as well as cultural traditions surrounding tea drinking. K.

Yes she does, I have not had the pleasure to view them.
She does specialise, and does not collect just anything and everything of Pots.

Kris,
Josiah Wedgewood, was linked to the first Australian stamps design...How about that !

The Stamps, commonly known as the "Sydney Views", the design of which was based on the Great Seal of New South Wales.
The Great Seal of New South Wales was commissiond to Wedgewood, when they sent a great dollop of Clay back
from New South Wales, and asked him to design a seal in Clay.

Wedgewoods design included Industry, with all her attributes, a bale of merchandise, a beehive, a pick axe, and a
shovel, receiving (Freeing) convicts, at Sydney Cove, and oxen ploughing on the hillside of Sydney Cove.

The Motto Wedgewood used was "Sic Fortis Etruria Crevit" (Thus, mighty Etruria grew) ( a quote from Virgil
(Georgic11, V533) suggesting the similarity between how Sydney may grow as Rome.

The cute thing that makes me smile, is the connection with Wedgewood, his Pottery factory itself, was located in Etruria, Staffordshire England.
That is just so cool.

What a man, a prominent abolishionist, and a big thumbs up.

PSE (Pre Stamped Envelope # 27)

This came out in Great Britain in 1972. The stamps were not pictorial, but the booklet cover (and I think some more images inside) featured teapots...

Another beautiful painting of flowers with what might be a teapot at the left. It looks glazed in blue and gold and I figured if there are two lemons there as well, it might indeed be a teapot. Painting, lilacs, by Konstantin Korovin (1861-1939), probably painted during the artist's time in Paris.

Hi Rod, Fascinating to find out more about Wedgwood! K

Grandmother's teapot looked very much like this one but didn't have the inset; I'm assuming those little loops are for picking up the inset once the tea has steeped. 1991 Taiwan

We were from the poor side of the tracks.
I don't recall our teapot, I do remember the old knitted tea cosy. that came with a peculiar odour, and was invariably worn as a funny hat by the kids when parents were away.
Then there was the bashed, dented and stained tea strainer that bridged the rim of the cup, and captured the large tea leaf shards.
It had EPNS on the floral holder, which I later learnt was Electro Plated Nickel Silver.

I recall arguments and objections on who made the best cuppa, and the curious mist that rose from the spout on cold mornings.

All standard accessories to a 1950's English breakfast table, along with the cheap chromed "Cruet" that triple holder for the chipped salt and pepper shaker, the Vinegar bottle, and the mustard bottle and spoon (If one were "posh")

The traditional copper tea kettle could stand at the side of the hottest part of the stove and keep tea warm for hours, but one shouldn't leave the leaves in it for too long. 2011

There was always one of these on the peat-burning stove in Ireland or up in the Highlands for whenever one came in from work. Or, in our case, when we stopped on our bicycle trip back in the early 60s. Delicious tea with milk and sugar.

The design of this teapot is quite remarkable, I'll leave it to the specialist to figure it out. 1998

An artist painted by another artist. Sharab keeps a pot of tea to his right (but I don't recognize how he keeps it warm). 1968

(The pot looks much like the ones of brown clay ware with a bamboo handle one can get today. By the way Rod, there are a few teapots on the thread of "Hot Brews", which might be interesting for a collector of pots.)

This is another fun teapot: the gentleman's third leg must be the spout but I'm not sure if his top-hat or perhaps his whole head? is removable for putting in the tea and water. A scan I found on the web shows how it might be. (I regret not having seen one of these while on Man, for they are worth a fortune now! Do you have one Tania?)

Hi Kris,
not sure if Tania reads the forum regularly.
Her partner is making a list from here, for the next stamp bourse.

How about these. I tried to list only ones that were not already mentioned, and also those with a Kettle or showing what I believe to be teapots. Check em out. Maybe someone can post some of these images. Have fun. Mike

Country scott# year value description

Argentia 2243b 2003 Kettle & burner in block of
4 of silver tableware
2437b 2007 Tea set in block of 4 - toys

Bhutan 297 1979 Ornamental teapot
299 1979 Brass teapot
301 Teapot with Ornamental Spout

Bruni 362 1987 50c Kettle
Bulgaria 1322 1964 6s Copper Kettle
Cambodia 787 1987 Tea set
PRChina 1131 1973 Teapot with Blue Phoenix
Denmark 569 1975 Tea caddy & vases
Finland 510 1971 Silver Teapot
1149e 2001 Teaset-flowers
Gambia 2658b- in sht 6 2002 Porcelain
2709a- in sht 4 2003 An "okanion" or propritress
of a tea house at work
German D.R.2232 1982 10pf Meisesen porcelain teapot
2740 1989 10pf Tea caddy
2743 1989 70pf Teapot
Hong Kong 859 1999 10c Museum of teaware
874b coil 1999 10c Museum of teaware
Iran 2273a-in blk 4 1987 Blown glass tea service
Japan 1607 1995 60y Silver Kettle
1608a 1995 60y Black kettle
3167 2009 62y Jar from Japanese tea service
Kazakhstan 305b 2000 305b Teapot,China
D.R. Korea 1593 1977 10ch White ceramic teapot
Libya 1551d 1996 10d Teapot?
1551h 1996 Teakettle
Macau 1114c 2003 Teapot & cups, people
1214b 2007 Man pouring tea into bowls
1270 2009 10p Clay Teapot with Buffalo des
1271 2009 sou. Sht.
Macedonia 290 2003 10d Kettle
Mauritania 1965 1965 3f Tea service in inlaid box
460a 1980 1um Tea time showing teapot
Monaco 2083 1998 8fr Porcelain Teapot
Mongolia 814 1974 40m Tea jug
816 1974 80m Teapot
Morocco 452 1980 70c Copper Kettle, brazier
620 1986 2d Teapot?
707 1991 3d Tea kettle on stand?
760 1991 4.40 Tea Kettle on stand?
Paraguay 1365 18.15 Tea ceremony from Tea museum
St.Pierre 778 2004 90c Teapot and cup on table
896 2009 80c Teapot on stove

Additional ones added Sep 29, 2018- now complete? Until 2010 from what I viewed.
Mike

South Africa 661 1985 25c Teapot
Sweeden 2400a 2000 5k Doll, teaset, teddy bear
Switzerland B501 1983 20c&10c Kitchen stove, Teapot & pots
Syria 1085 1986 110p Teapot?
1086 1986 330p Teapot?
Tajikistan 322-329 2008 .50 Pitcher
2008 1.35s Kettle
2008 2s Pitcher
Thailand 1945 2000 6b Various tea set
1946 2000 6b Various tea sets
1947 2000 12b Various tea sets
1948 2000 12b Various tea sets
1948a 2000 45b Souvenir sht- vars. Tea sets
2447 2009 3b Teapot
Turkish Republik of North Cyprus
630 2007 70k Pitcher
U.A.E. 461-463 1994 Pitchers
511 1996 Pitcher
512 1996 Kettle
Uzbekistan 422 sheet of 6 a-f Teapots, Teapot Samover
422a 2005 60s Teapot ribbed ornamentation
422b 2005 60s Teapot round ornamentation
422c 2005 100s Teapot different
422d 2005 125s Teapot different
422e 2005 155s Teapot- Samover
422f 2005 340s Teapot with square lid
Sht of 4 629 2010 19th cent copperware?