Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cozy, doesn't try it on ~ Billy Connolly.
I've found a brief interest in teapots after an even briefer venture around T2: tea shop (and by brief I mean around an hour or so). Searching for a cast iron teapot, because I'm a klutz and porcelain, glass or bone china would not last a week with me. I've ended up with a range of visually appealing and disturbing teapots to share:
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Tea stays warm-er with its own little scarf [so cute, but the spout(s) are in a bad place]
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtu-Ze6Z77MAgKNcf4gBZb0Uhbek_-N6o6SNFgM7d-t_MWkIiwpccDV0nkLn-c23ONli0IJQ6ygBWhKidgFyeo-ew0xenmLFC5Z5j4pC4aIkz8qThc1up8vNYDtWy93u1IjSzn92mcCAE/s400/animal_teapot430.jpg)
There's heaps of animal teapots around, this white elephant is one of the simplest.
Because of the Chinese origins of tea, there are LOADS of dragon teapots around
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGdODsS3KqPysJFDX_07OLeBEKZ7Hq5G5zrdSNv3Sb6bZil8DgnQKBjr6WO8F0bqaFhEO4Hp2qi8WvoS7v7x7vIEJKJ2_nw6DGEcBn1XJjV4wxjBQdcihQuAmEY5W9oxYbjhCOJNfaSA/s400/KaddatzArtz-Dragon-Teapot_5875DACC.jpg)
What I have found with most teapots is that Nature plays a greater role in the creative designs of a pot, I was particularly intrigued with this one.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QGSlErPk6Y8DHE499ZhYcY13xIIAAx8kbkr8bGIKj_qh_E5aPE4q1vrph0SDuJm0nH6a6PiWThDZTUCXf9RIAqcaBjxgFS10DqHt0tdsYoTCMub1aFzE8V_r-0VxiKE6WiedYwckEnU/s400/Gorgeous-Bird-Teapot.jpg)
Confuse your friends, family and neighbours with this spout-handle combination
Or boggle minds with the bagel/doughnut ring teapots
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMgGXOeEDNSen2rPopQ3RUOPUhl5usNLnUy9P_aKn_k0FfGsNlRCyaJVjtUnRYjZhRAd_mgAow7e1amta9fjF3UXEmSn7CDrUMIf0h7wg_DerAg7CfQkT7FMIqC6xW1_oPil10WK0hvA/s400/georgiesmom-TEAPOT-ceramic_596E8468.jpg)
For the completely insane, alien fanatic in your family - watch them freak out while you pour them tea out of your "very normal" teapot. Your conversation should take on the form of the following: "I don't know what you're talking about, this is just a normal white teapot. There's no alien and I don't know why you're carrying on about a spacecraft. Have some tea - no, this is chamomile tea, not alien goop or whatever-you-call-it... Have you been smoking something?"
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBXON1RE-WcISm9waPpxXEE6mHpvzepLv2stmJWkyA6o4Rp8vsuapVnywIbQVGPF4OSo_XCJNf1BkkGzb9q5_6HeDu_9uB-lNI48FANj6ZCChcwejPeb5ev6OPfGzwskGFxvoI4GSLR8/s400/ufo_teapot.jpg)
This one is called "Lightening teapot" - I personally can see the likeness of a cat's faceless head
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaG8tX4rPUpYJN1T-FRu2WbYe1LlVGMfUjFV2YUe_UTBSiRJR5EVcPi4-CvE5OmHe3CGQ7_txjkd43-kfJchxUheUWWcZ5i9sGmBSjSueVq75Esg0zPH9eWELzLbKE7oNJpiyYtRPP50/s400/Lightning-Polka-Dot-Teapot_33F063B2.jpg)
For the lazy! Double spouted teapot with matching teacups!
Lotus bulb and leaves - very very cool
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7ilr2qdOZR6frEX1Y-ikvzWcZZd3Q5-zOks-4QzjJ72EQGMgaeULGDkkndqqzVTzC8WSdm9F0WmP9foWxxFXVj8riiP2Revbp_Ht_sj6c9WHby_K1OnMySR8VD0Niake4Yv6H65XDYA/s400/Lotus_plant_teapot.jpg)
Twisted bamboo teapot! I would have walked past it or thrown it in the fire before realising it was a teapot.
This is another bamboo teapot that just appealed to me more than the standard round, white porcelain teapot.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyi6SdUP8VeDSFlkpZ_aPKXneSOvcKI3OfYZaa1p4xyX9QzQzypuzXXf4qn1ahhsdxp21mLxZCro-jxhaojeSwxgAXH9PXOoTh6CFVxg1KXXLOZ2dluagqbfzwB0LlXeyFgX_TDD9WAho/s400/Bamboo_log_teapot.jpg)
Disturbing dog penis tea anyone??
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzImXq3brblF5k0OzFkADBWYaPkwgWj-CVdY0HrKdscES5ziclbQlYScJVVv-HytBBwzb8r14RtXDBH8VfCTMoSpgmK_KoqHUugrhjvP3s8c4zV7ayITFkDyauWsT48JyoPX3fg2x6JEQ/s400/Most_Amazing_Teapots_Ever_Made_Around_the_World_6.jpg)
A swan... if it were a white swan you couldn't get much more British high-tea than that.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpM6Psj83uArMJ0FJSuXyoUR-nR6xOWBhxzqlVFnJTpaPe_enrDj_ZWnQ_JLAs1dC6z0VNtzZn5wJfEsIOmusARqxTqe0fRX07i8e0cLfd5_OzkdveHceleOfubC9pgrt252zoihqudL8/s400/F8E18AA3.jpg)
Funny, violent and unique - Ned Kelly would be proud!
Genuine silver and gold teapot with diamonds - if you want to drip style, of course.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC41vOeYB35syac9S0cV4kDDxlLncm6GHnR_W3IGEnCZERD5ycR_vpbYNL1sjpTVUkIod5fFfHDbaE1VXtKmb6NG2fe8HHTv818RfjFh1XrDJXx2JuLMJZRX8swKcWKmaHnQC8Avsuuxs/s400/Silver-and-Diamond-Tea-Set.jpg)
CRACKED TEAPOT! Oh wait, it's meant to look like that.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwepz73Ov1tUjWycw2Nn3h4fJ9mOyJHnPQ2aaMTOX_7jVofuGTo4atB2tMDAtKZkX_D2yau6sGTiv8F1MmLjAQVNpEUxZWhCe4mhR9CnZ_MA7XViY8b13aKJ9lglUA3ygtqsiBjPfYB4s/s400/505A2CDA.jpg)
I found these to be off-putting, I don't particularly want tea from the feet of rotund women. There is another pudgy lady dressed as a belly-dancing wonder, but she was wearing less and it was more disturbing to the eyes.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJlTOOCt1ixRM6Q0-9o_lhbydl5dcEN_qN1L7JDD2ioDvJnwkI9SgLKYas2M1iLSqT4Bd7TjdWHfGGv3C-K2A-UIfEFrYAj0c2km789NfzmHD9jInaJairRKbXnj5j-UFMQm8-zA8WII/s400/creative-teapot-02.jpg)
There is a series of furniture-based teapots... the bathroom set made me laugh the most.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBe-Bu12SwYkOxH6bOUm0SYLyxvZpWRPC5ZpUyfHQlk1V2GuiBjVCMP6VH7OwChYrR_2zVtclaJSQ3_VXjCcXaO_lCkr6bqykfmVzpuKwNTbsb5Y44bCI53MP6pVVMm-Oyx4lXH6WZKM/s400/lol+pots.jpg)
Knowing that there's a urinal with Hitler's face painted on it, there has to be a teapot! Surely!?! And you'd be right... there is a Hitler teapot!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGumj9qxCkZYtWjk-RxeI4ZAL8EKHM5SaJ04Ldz-nAz7nT_Zt2WK023nbqjgWhsDPWY6KmpQcM3wC8RQYY5Y03r-XgZ_yKfof2Ltb36Aj7FdpNFekqybgnW2fXQoRxRyHdeOB10lKReU/s400/HitlerTeapot.jpg)
I LOVE this one in particular! It's a jewel beetle teapot - tea for 1 only.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjZbenOQOsjn9dYonsWcSK6BeV0tjmuujh-MMgG3s9uW5epUq05-BEAVDl2brtbIr0TNnKCNvefswgWKoWq1nGNNvsF6QkjhA5-WQ98aCb_wr24tavENCJC3tfeCm8XAVcU3s_BrJfRA/s400/Jewel_Beetle_Teapot.jpg)
One of the coolest ocean-themed teapots ever! The difficulty is not simply figuring out which tentacle is the spout, it's also keeping the famished octopus away from your salt and pepper shaker crabs!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4d_RGxtR-mQgT0vgzRCF3B2tW9vml0s0JWrylNNXe0wY4W7BZVaIQ1Tx8wUT8OQgYokA08AEWVILdDjT_SGA1J_2MOh_NLAhAbuZoOgH27z5ETlr8ZmFLw9JDGAVXPpiw9Cv13P7YvQ/s400/D1875FFD.jpg)
I'm unsure how practical this teapot is... but I know I would not be making tea in the dark.
This is a pig's skull... with boar hair tea cozy - designed by Wieki Somers.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmCQ5pslKqQkuZgdeNun_5EIG6E8CAzZCOYVnU68zSkgiWDLr3OwEfLjQZYkXZkAMFO3lzQzncuq5ibd2gTTxMon8kFGBtLCEJM7VjlhILRx14ICDANXhgUbcgJLi7R2p51DzpPiuSZ4/s400/high_tea_pot+Wieke+Somers.jpg)
I've found a brief interest in teapots after an even briefer venture around T2: tea shop (and by brief I mean around an hour or so). Searching for a cast iron teapot, because I'm a klutz and porcelain, glass or bone china would not last a week with me. I've ended up with a range of visually appealing and disturbing teapots to share:
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Tea stays warm-er with its own little scarf [so cute, but the spout(s) are in a bad place]
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtu-Ze6Z77MAgKNcf4gBZb0Uhbek_-N6o6SNFgM7d-t_MWkIiwpccDV0nkLn-c23ONli0IJQ6ygBWhKidgFyeo-ew0xenmLFC5Z5j4pC4aIkz8qThc1up8vNYDtWy93u1IjSzn92mcCAE/s400/animal_teapot430.jpg)
There's heaps of animal teapots around, this white elephant is one of the simplest.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge57T8hJQpojkPSTe81AOB30praRj22W9a3C7x0tOdzx6atQMKMOHBc8KjaICkXW0zkKkeORLdcR8HDnRdLumieDDSEsPDVTjxdCLADe3yjURIsMxpVz_uGOtEhmUxdsLcHh-8WlS9aCQ/s400/28-oz-Elephant-Teapot-White_272BD724.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGdODsS3KqPysJFDX_07OLeBEKZ7Hq5G5zrdSNv3Sb6bZil8DgnQKBjr6WO8F0bqaFhEO4Hp2qi8WvoS7v7x7vIEJKJ2_nw6DGEcBn1XJjV4wxjBQdcihQuAmEY5W9oxYbjhCOJNfaSA/s400/KaddatzArtz-Dragon-Teapot_5875DACC.jpg)
What I have found with most teapots is that Nature plays a greater role in the creative designs of a pot, I was particularly intrigued with this one.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QGSlErPk6Y8DHE499ZhYcY13xIIAAx8kbkr8bGIKj_qh_E5aPE4q1vrph0SDuJm0nH6a6PiWThDZTUCXf9RIAqcaBjxgFS10DqHt0tdsYoTCMub1aFzE8V_r-0VxiKE6WiedYwckEnU/s400/Gorgeous-Bird-Teapot.jpg)
Confuse your friends, family and neighbours with this spout-handle combination
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanj9TxmW3nP2rFKBOYX35ZksTH6p6Q1E17omnR0hIZz7GfztgDSkaPT6nkoYA3CHTbsIuA02raLjMQ8ahTdYTDt9ePD1rD2kHiGu8CIFKwFOYeCaHxyDRCnXMpRsWLkxcJTKLjrrjkBo/s400/Teapot-from-Alex-Marshall_8F2EA8D6.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMgGXOeEDNSen2rPopQ3RUOPUhl5usNLnUy9P_aKn_k0FfGsNlRCyaJVjtUnRYjZhRAd_mgAow7e1amta9fjF3UXEmSn7CDrUMIf0h7wg_DerAg7CfQkT7FMIqC6xW1_oPil10WK0hvA/s400/georgiesmom-TEAPOT-ceramic_596E8468.jpg)
For the completely insane, alien fanatic in your family - watch them freak out while you pour them tea out of your "very normal" teapot. Your conversation should take on the form of the following: "I don't know what you're talking about, this is just a normal white teapot. There's no alien and I don't know why you're carrying on about a spacecraft. Have some tea - no, this is chamomile tea, not alien goop or whatever-you-call-it... Have you been smoking something?"
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBXON1RE-WcISm9waPpxXEE6mHpvzepLv2stmJWkyA6o4Rp8vsuapVnywIbQVGPF4OSo_XCJNf1BkkGzb9q5_6HeDu_9uB-lNI48FANj6ZCChcwejPeb5ev6OPfGzwskGFxvoI4GSLR8/s400/ufo_teapot.jpg)
This one is called "Lightening teapot" - I personally can see the likeness of a cat's faceless head
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaG8tX4rPUpYJN1T-FRu2WbYe1LlVGMfUjFV2YUe_UTBSiRJR5EVcPi4-CvE5OmHe3CGQ7_txjkd43-kfJchxUheUWWcZ5i9sGmBSjSueVq75Esg0zPH9eWELzLbKE7oNJpiyYtRPP50/s400/Lightning-Polka-Dot-Teapot_33F063B2.jpg)
For the lazy! Double spouted teapot with matching teacups!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge25IEhP8In9gaiy0hdt3e-IuILLanG3azA4HRALy9mGeeaSGnlYeUC4rNEqXhL_4gbMk3hqLtOGSfV84276kv96SruupGf_bpzqsG2Umj0074HbijdZX46jN9PrEw7lBShpmLB8_4yzA/s400/Forever-Teapot-Set-For-Two_4F6188E9.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7ilr2qdOZR6frEX1Y-ikvzWcZZd3Q5-zOks-4QzjJ72EQGMgaeULGDkkndqqzVTzC8WSdm9F0WmP9foWxxFXVj8riiP2Revbp_Ht_sj6c9WHby_K1OnMySR8VD0Niake4Yv6H65XDYA/s400/Lotus_plant_teapot.jpg)
Twisted bamboo teapot! I would have walked past it or thrown it in the fire before realising it was a teapot.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWmEOQJ-nOhWMtDd5XCVGIyOA53-KxzkKfglbhBjBrcj0wUdLeRfruGp_Zr9kJ5o20Wc7d8I2vSunCcwHggFo6k55z-RKu1UEyQzlhfoa_XQsTTajKEyO6H9KK6QxLr3mYOooyWtE53o/s400/bamboo_knot_zisha_teapot.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyi6SdUP8VeDSFlkpZ_aPKXneSOvcKI3OfYZaa1p4xyX9QzQzypuzXXf4qn1ahhsdxp21mLxZCro-jxhaojeSwxgAXH9PXOoTh6CFVxg1KXXLOZ2dluagqbfzwB0LlXeyFgX_TDD9WAho/s400/Bamboo_log_teapot.jpg)
Disturbing dog penis tea anyone??
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzImXq3brblF5k0OzFkADBWYaPkwgWj-CVdY0HrKdscES5ziclbQlYScJVVv-HytBBwzb8r14RtXDBH8VfCTMoSpgmK_KoqHUugrhjvP3s8c4zV7ayITFkDyauWsT48JyoPX3fg2x6JEQ/s400/Most_Amazing_Teapots_Ever_Made_Around_the_World_6.jpg)
A swan... if it were a white swan you couldn't get much more British high-tea than that.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpM6Psj83uArMJ0FJSuXyoUR-nR6xOWBhxzqlVFnJTpaPe_enrDj_ZWnQ_JLAs1dC6z0VNtzZn5wJfEsIOmusARqxTqe0fRX07i8e0cLfd5_OzkdveHceleOfubC9pgrt252zoihqudL8/s400/F8E18AA3.jpg)
Funny, violent and unique - Ned Kelly would be proud!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHR3XkXf2DgG_i19JMbp4EZZP7DcJPa2gYRt09mAIVUh-wZzf498sK0rzsO-XTYW8Zy_cpVOHqw0K9faC0f5cJC1KQTmNVoIqcj3tJcZ-WKAObjJDPvtYbGr0jBB-9IAIq2cN6GdCwyT0/s400/Gun-Teapot_7C0F95E0.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC41vOeYB35syac9S0cV4kDDxlLncm6GHnR_W3IGEnCZERD5ycR_vpbYNL1sjpTVUkIod5fFfHDbaE1VXtKmb6NG2fe8HHTv818RfjFh1XrDJXx2JuLMJZRX8swKcWKmaHnQC8Avsuuxs/s400/Silver-and-Diamond-Tea-Set.jpg)
CRACKED TEAPOT! Oh wait, it's meant to look like that.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwepz73Ov1tUjWycw2Nn3h4fJ9mOyJHnPQ2aaMTOX_7jVofuGTo4atB2tMDAtKZkX_D2yau6sGTiv8F1MmLjAQVNpEUxZWhCe4mhR9CnZ_MA7XViY8b13aKJ9lglUA3ygtqsiBjPfYB4s/s400/505A2CDA.jpg)
I found these to be off-putting, I don't particularly want tea from the feet of rotund women. There is another pudgy lady dressed as a belly-dancing wonder, but she was wearing less and it was more disturbing to the eyes.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJlTOOCt1ixRM6Q0-9o_lhbydl5dcEN_qN1L7JDD2ioDvJnwkI9SgLKYas2M1iLSqT4Bd7TjdWHfGGv3C-K2A-UIfEFrYAj0c2km789NfzmHD9jInaJairRKbXnj5j-UFMQm8-zA8WII/s400/creative-teapot-02.jpg)
There is a series of furniture-based teapots... the bathroom set made me laugh the most.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBe-Bu12SwYkOxH6bOUm0SYLyxvZpWRPC5ZpUyfHQlk1V2GuiBjVCMP6VH7OwChYrR_2zVtclaJSQ3_VXjCcXaO_lCkr6bqykfmVzpuKwNTbsb5Y44bCI53MP6pVVMm-Oyx4lXH6WZKM/s400/lol+pots.jpg)
Knowing that there's a urinal with Hitler's face painted on it, there has to be a teapot! Surely!?! And you'd be right... there is a Hitler teapot!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGumj9qxCkZYtWjk-RxeI4ZAL8EKHM5SaJ04Ldz-nAz7nT_Zt2WK023nbqjgWhsDPWY6KmpQcM3wC8RQYY5Y03r-XgZ_yKfof2Ltb36Aj7FdpNFekqybgnW2fXQoRxRyHdeOB10lKReU/s400/HitlerTeapot.jpg)
I LOVE this one in particular! It's a jewel beetle teapot - tea for 1 only.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjZbenOQOsjn9dYonsWcSK6BeV0tjmuujh-MMgG3s9uW5epUq05-BEAVDl2brtbIr0TNnKCNvefswgWKoWq1nGNNvsF6QkjhA5-WQ98aCb_wr24tavENCJC3tfeCm8XAVcU3s_BrJfRA/s400/Jewel_Beetle_Teapot.jpg)
One of the coolest ocean-themed teapots ever! The difficulty is not simply figuring out which tentacle is the spout, it's also keeping the famished octopus away from your salt and pepper shaker crabs!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4d_RGxtR-mQgT0vgzRCF3B2tW9vml0s0JWrylNNXe0wY4W7BZVaIQ1Tx8wUT8OQgYokA08AEWVILdDjT_SGA1J_2MOh_NLAhAbuZoOgH27z5ETlr8ZmFLw9JDGAVXPpiw9Cv13P7YvQ/s400/D1875FFD.jpg)
I'm unsure how practical this teapot is... but I know I would not be making tea in the dark.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsmTqDuOXpFXQnyt9ZvPqg4YKqJ8HNNO-WZCuqOuOddSJQO4xgkXvx_W45lDcLPTZNciE6tqCAm1Aax5jCNPILkm2P7YilEVTsw4Y_xgf-PnGKHXmCTOB-cKCslcAR8l2zURbdPA9MuE/s400/cactus_teapot.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmCQ5pslKqQkuZgdeNun_5EIG6E8CAzZCOYVnU68zSkgiWDLr3OwEfLjQZYkXZkAMFO3lzQzncuq5ibd2gTTxMon8kFGBtLCEJM7VjlhILRx14ICDANXhgUbcgJLi7R2p51DzpPiuSZ4/s400/high_tea_pot+Wieke+Somers.jpg)
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