I know this topic is dormant for long time, the tea post collecting group might have been dissolved... but still great references here and I would add a few.
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Coffee pots need to be tall to distance the grounds from the spout.
Heda shows his spout near the bottom.
This note by rod222 gave me clear idea following is a teapots, not coffee pot. I wasn't sure about it up to now, because it is described as coffee pot in my Japanese translated catalogue!
USA
"Design" series definitive, 2002

p.s. Hi guys - I have an idea of new topic "Tea Time", which includes teapots, as well as coffee sets plus sweets around 'afternoon tea' tables. What would you think? I can still add two or three on this thread, though.