I fell in love with this vintage black cup and saucer set…Very delicate with lots of gold trim.

I am going to guess late deco, maybe 1930s with this rose painted tea pot? What do you think?

I have the entire set of these late 1940s cannisters, including the cake plate. These are in much better shape than mine though. The seller is not very knowlegable about these because they have them dated as 1970 LOL!

Ansley cup and saucer…sigh..romantic rose motif with light blue..I could so go for this one! What do you think?

McCoy Pinecone teapot..I am not sure when this was done..but it is fantastic!

Incredible German Tea pot..so you are starting to see how my tastes tend to be, aren’t you?LOL!

I love this footed tea cup with the peaches on it.

Elephant collector? Look at this 1930s deco lusterware tea pot. It is so cute! I love the bright colors.

I love old photos. This vintage sepia of two little girls having a tea party is adorable!

I know I said I liked those other cups..but trust me..THIS one is my favorite..Lattice work saucer, amazing little cup…my favorite..until the nest one, right?

I love red and white kitchens. I think this vintage Noritake set would be so cheery for a continental breakfast with a croissant or brioche and tea…a few pieces of fruit…

Really cute Dutch boy and girl teapot. I haven’t seen one like it before. I would say mid 1950s?

O.k.. My feet hurt…see ya next week.

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Tea pots are a lot of fun.  They just are.  This one was given to me by my kids for Christmas.

I love snowmen, and I have quite a collection.  So much so that I have stopped collecting them.  LOL!

This particular one is a fun tea pot.  I especially like it in the wintertime. Something about a gray day, with a cold rain (we don’t often get snow), cuddling up in a quite and reading books while sipping cup after cup of tea poured from a cheery snowman.

This is the last one for this week, not vintage, not beautiful..but very, very loved.

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This week is all about sharing about teapots. Do you have one? two? or three? maybe more? Is it for display only or do you use it for tea? What is the tea server you use most? Your favorite teapot (or is it something like a quart jar?). Tell your teapot story, give it’s history, and tell what it means to you. You can share more than once if you’d like. Antique, new, Asian, English, or something in between — we’d love to know!

So the blogothon goes on.  I am loving these posts! You can find more teapots at Gracious Hospitality. 

There are so many blogs that I have become aware of that it is competing with my food blog addiction! Seeing other people’s images, and reading thier thoughts about tea has been inspiring. Having those very talented bloggers come and comment here has been humbling…

I will need several days to go through my tea pots.  I thought I would start with the one I find most interesting and most mysterious.

I know nothing about it other than my mom picked it up in a antique store in Bucks County Pa. in 1966.  We lived there at the time.  The tea pot is pewter, and has an H inscribed in the back

It is very finely detailed with a band of flowers around the rim…and stipes on the tip of the spout.  The knob at the top is a bit like a shell.

There are two pegs on either side that poke out and the lid is hinged.   I think it is beautiful!  I have tried to find something about it but it has no marks and I am not familiar with pewter antiques so much. I think it must be Victorian, and I am guess 1880s because of the monogram..but still..I don’t know.

Anyone have any ideas?

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1. Around the World in a Tea Pot

From Tea Emporium. This is an awesome gift for someone who likes to experiment with tea. Every month they get two teas from various cultures world wide.

2. Apricot Ginger Lemon Darjeeling Tea Marmalade

What a GREAT stocking stuffer! Apricot, ginger & lemon darjeeling make a fantastic topping for a warm scone on a cold afternoon. This would be awesome in a gift basket with apricot & white chocolate scones!

3. David Voll Stoneware

I believe in buying local when possible, and I am big on supporting craftsmen. When we buy cheap manufactured stuff we are choosing to put the real craftsmen out of business, we find our homes filled with disposable baubles, and we lose the freedom to buy quality items. David Voll Stoneware is made in New Jersey, and hand thrown. This set with a tea jar, creamer and sugar is just awesome! From Devotea.

4.Ingenui-tea from Adagio

A fabulous idea in a tea pot. You brew the tea and when it is ready, simply place it atop your cup. This will cause a valve at the bottom to release: crystal-clear tea flows down, while the mesh filter retains all the leaves with one of the best infusers on the market.

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5.Code Pink Tea

If you can imagine, this is a Fair Trade Raspberry Earl Grey! It sounds delicious and worthy of place under the tree for that alone ..but wait! There ’s more! “CODEPINK tea is a delicate Raspberry Earl Grey brew of South Indian black teas from the exquisite Nilgiri region. This Fair Trade certified tea is harvested by women whose labor ensures that they receive maternity leave, health care, and fair wages. Neither they nor their children will ever be forced to work, but rather will be sustained by the fair purchase of their tea leaves.”

Fabulous! Santa would be proud.

6. Afternoon Tea

A book about tea with recipes and beautiful pictures. This is tea from the victorian standpoint rather than the eastern standpoint. A book to peruse while wrapped in an afghan, curled in a chintz covered chair in front of a roaring fire.

7 Boddum Assam 4 Cup Tea Press

A great way to make tea and filter it easily. Boddum presses are awesome! Be sure and add a tea cozy to the gift box, the presses do not retain heat well.

8. Tea Cozy

If you haven’t checked out etsy for handmade items you haven’t lived. There are all kinds of cool things on that site made by craftsmen (ummm…women) that support their ability to stay home by sharing their talents. The hand-knit cozy pictured is one of a kind but if that one is gone there are many more!

9. Chai Soap

Again, cool stuff from Etsy Shops. Can you imagine indulging in a bath and soaping up with the luxurious smell of Tahitian Vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, bergamot, and allspice? Yeah…me too!

10. Vintage Tea Pot

This one is Austrian from eBay but a quick search on Google will find tons of vintage tea pots. I love vintage things, myself, and I can’t resist antique tea things. I like antiques for a couple of reasons..I like the idea that they have history associated with them and I also like the idea that I am not creating a need for something to be manufactured, but keeping something beautiful from the landfill.

This is by no means the last Christmas list this year… There are so many very cool things out there, maybe we need to call this, List One.

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