Miniatures - Made in Thailand

Thailand is known for their crafts. Thai crafts, which make very good souvenirs, include woodcarving, lacquerware, ceramics, silk, and silverware products.  This miniatures TeaPots that come in various interesting shape and design can easily be found in Thailand and I found most of them in Bangkok, Chatuchak Weekend Markets. 

Coffee Pots Collections

These are my small collections of CoffeePots.   What is the difference between TeaPot and CoffeePot?

The difference between a TeaPot and a CoffeePot is usually the shape.  TeaPots are shorter and wider.  The reason it was designed in that manner potentially due to the tea leaves float and the spout, which joins the body of the tea pot near the bottom, allows the liquid brew to flow out from under them. 

The CoffeePot are usually slimmer and taller, possibly due to coffee is grounded and it sinks, so the spout is typically mounted near the top of the coffee pot, allowing the coffee to flow out from above the grounds.

Additionally, the more rounded shape of the TeaPot encourages movement and floats the tea leaves while the taller CoffeePot lessens the movement of the liquid and promotes the settling of the grounds.

 

Royal Stafford - 'Day Dreams'

Elizabethan - 'Koh-I-Noor'

TeaPots - Blue Chinese TeaPot

Here are some of my collections of Blue Chinese TeaPots. 

Here are some brief history of Tea and TeaPots in China

Tea originated in China, Chinese tea generally represents tea leaves which have been processed using methods inherited from ancient China. According to popular legend, tea was discovered by Chinese Emperor Shennong in 2737 BCE when a leaf from a nearby shrub fell into water the emperor was boiling. Tea is deeply woven into the history and culture of China. The beverage is considered one of the seven necessities of Chinese life, along with firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. 

The Chinese drink tea during many parts of the day such as during meals for good health or for simple pleasure.  Compared to tea, the Teapots are relatively a new invention compared to the amount of time that tea has been around. In the 7th century, tea came in chunks. A chunk was cut off and then broken up so that it can be boiled in water. They were boiled in cauldrons and then the tea was sipped from wide bowls. Shortly after, powdered tea became popular. The grounded tea was mixed with hot water in a deep and wide bowl. This type of bowl helped facilitate the whipping of the powder to a froth with a whisk. When the powder settled, the tea was drunk out of the bowl.

The traditional teapots weren't needed until the type of tea changed. In the 1300's, leaf infusion started and now teapots were necessary to allow for the tea to steep. Teapot-like vessels have been around in China for thousands of years, but they were used for wine and water. These vessels had a spout and handle and eventually were adopted for the steeping of tea. 

 

The most popular teapots from this time were produced in the YiXing region of China. These teapots were made purple clay and were known to be of fine texture and high quality.

Novelty TeaPot - Blue

These are some of Novelty Teapots.  Having them for more than 10years.   Sharing here are the ones with the shade of blue....

Cat on the Sofa

Study/Computer Table

 

Fire Place

Kitchen Table

TeaPots - Flowery Design

These are some of the flowery design teapots in my collections.

Teapot posies.

Found this in a warehouse sale in Glenmarie.
Backstamped 'made in Italy'

Vantage.  Tea for One

Found @ Metrojaya Midvalley

Villeroy and Boch - Vieux Luxembourg

My first entry is the Teaset I received early last year from my employer for a long service award.  I chose the teaset from a vast selection of watches, Selberan gold chain or bracelet, Royal Selangor pewters and a lot of other items.  A Vieux Luxembourg also known as Old Luxembourg teaset from Villeroy and Boch.

Some history on Villeroy and Boch extracted from wikipedia.

The company began in the tiny French village of Audun le Tiche, where François Boch set up a pottery company with his three sons in 1748. Later, the company moved to nearby Luxembourg, where it operated a porcelain factory until 2010. In 1801 the company moved to the nearby town of Mettlach, Germany. On 14 April 1836, the Jean François Boch company merged with that of a competitor, Nicolas Villeroy, and became Villeroy & Boch, V&B (also simply 'VB').