Thematic : Teapots on Stamps.  

 

Cuba 1979, Paintings from the National Museum, R. Madrazo: La hora del té = teatime

Klaus

A silver tea pot, a gold coin and the tools of the goldsmith's trade: 600 years in Finland, 1971. Nowadays the company Arabia in Finland probably makes the most well-known tea pots, fairly heavy and able to take everyday family use.

Hi Alexey, The silversmith Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734–1818) is probably the most well-known of the early craftsmen who made beautiful tea pots. At that time Americans did enjoy drinking a good pot of tea, but did not enjoy paying exorbitant tariffs on it! This one is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, donated to the museum by the family for which it was made. Quite similar to the one seen in the stamp.

Another antique silver tea pot, beautifully decorated; this one seen on the new French collection of stamps, which do deserve individual mention. Labeled Lille, it might have been produced in that city.

Hi, Kris! I imagined the boston tea party something like this

The Russian tea pot from the new French stamp set. Many of the Russian pots are much more colorful than the one pictured here. I'll leave it to Alexey to let us know more about where they are made, etc.

(Indeed, The Boston Tea Party, what a waste! Three ship-loads full. Way back in 1773.)