#27 - Il museo della cosa

           

                                              The Island Teapot Museum

Located in the middle of Kent in England, this museum opened in 2002 and currently count around 7100 teapots which are exposed in small rooms according to shapes, colours, topics or countries. The 15000£ permanent exhibition of the owner Mrs Blazye entered the Guinness world record in 2004 for being the largest collection in the world but in 2011 it was considered as the second biggest collection in the world as a man in China gathered 30000 teapots. The collection of Mrs Blazye include teapots in the shape of everyone like Princess Diana  and Winston Churchill .

The teapots are classified according to subjects such as science-fiction ,politics, sport, transport, celebrities, music and animals .
For instance in the picture above the first row of the shelves contain teapots made by the famous English potter Lorna Baily, the second include some historical buildings, the third show some teapots with american flag quilt patterns and the fourth contain teapots with tropical features.

The shelves in this picture are predominated by flower motifs while the picture below emphasises farm animals teapots.

link1:Geoff Tiballs,''The world's 100 weirdest museums'',London, Robinson 2016,Chapter:Teapot island, Yalding, Kent

link2:Wikipedia
link3:The source of the pictures

#19 La cosa nell'Arte

''The Crab teapot''  pottery sculpture

Teapots have inspired for centuries artworks in all fields including sculpture and oil painting.
Mitchell Crafton is a contemporary artist who is the author of many creature teapots and one of these artworks is ''The blue crab teapot''. This piece is 2.54 cm wide and 18 cm tall and the legs are made of metal .

The author: Mitchell Grafton

The location: Panama City, Florida,

''Still life ,with teapot, cup and fruit'' painting

Another important field predominated by teapots is painting. ''Still life ,with teapot, cup and fruit'' is the achievement of the French Post-Impressionist painter Emile Bernard in 1890 who  had artistic friendship with Van Gog . This artwork is currently  in Van Gog Museum in Amsterdam.

The author :Emile Bernard

The location: Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam



link1:The carb teapot sculpture
link2:Émile Bernard , ''Still life with teapot, cup and fruit'', 1890

#31 - L'ABC della cosa

The ABC of the teapot

             Alessi teapot

A-Alessi Teapot: Alessi is a kitchen utensil company in Italy and one of its famous products are teapots.

Brown Betty teapot


B-Brown Betty teapot: is an English teapot with a rounded shape. It is reputed for its excellent heat retention due to the red clay.

            Cube teapot

C-Cube teapot: this a cubic teapot especially designed to be used on a ship. Its cubic shape stabilise it and prevents it from rolling over.

         Dammann teaopt

D-Dammann.teapot: is one of the oldest French companies that produces tea and teapots.

Ehrenfried Walter

E-Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus invented a procedure to make the porcelain in 1708, in Dresden in Germany. Thanks to this scientific breakthrough, European manufactories could produce their own tea ware.

F-Flagstaff House Museum of Teaware: has the oldest teapot in the history which dates back to 1513 and is attributed to Gong Chun.

   Gong Chun teapot

G-Gong Chun teapot: Gong Chun is a Chinese servant of the scholar Jinsha who learned how to make high quality teapots.

The handle of the teapot

H-Handle of the teapot: is the top or the side part that allow to carry the pot.

           The tea infusion

I-Infusion of tea: The infusion is made by adding boiling water to tea leaves. The resulting liquid is the infusion

Jeroen's teapot

J-Jeroen's teapots: Jeroen Betchold is a designer who produced 3D teapots.

   The kyusu

K-Kyusu teapot: is the traditional Japanese teapot, but it is more popular in the state of Tokoname. The spout is designed in such way there is no drop when pouring. 

            The lid of the teapot

L-Lid of the teapot: is the cover of the teapot. It is often crafted with an air hole at the top to avoid the dripping when pouring tea.

          Melitta teapot

M-Melitta teapot: is a German company selling coffee and coffee makers.

                 Newell teapot

N-Newell teapot: Martin Newell is a British computer graphics designers who developed the designs of teapots in Utah University.

        Oigen teapot

O-Oigen teapot:is an ironware firm in Japan that produces teapots and kettles.

Porcelain teapot

P-Porcelain teapot:

Porcelain first emerged in China and then spread to the rest of the world. lt is popular because it can be mixed with glazes and allow a wide range of treatments in vessels.




         Qingbai teapot

Q-Qingbai teapot: is a kind of porcelain extremely used in the Chinese pottery.

  Raku teapot

R-Raku teapot: Raku is a type of traditional Japanese pottery that became also popular in American pottery in the 1950s.






     The Sagittarius

S-Sagittarius: Sagittarius contains a pattern that looks like a teapot.

Twinning teapot

T-Twinning: is an English brand for beverages including tea and coffee.

U-Utah Teapot : is the second name of Newell teapot which is a 3D teapot model desiogned by Martin Newell

          Victorian teapot
V-Victorian teapots: these teapots date back to The Queen Victoria era (1837-1901 ) and have very elegant style.

Walker and Hall teapot

W-Walker and Hall: is a British company that produced electroplated items since 1862. Currently the firm continues to sell silver plates and tea services.

Xinjiang Hojo teapot
X-Xinjiang Hojo: is a Japanese company producing green tea, kettles and teapots.

Y-Yixing teapot: it is the typical traditional Chinese teapot of the 15 th century. It is made with clay from the city of Yixing in Jingsu province in China. Zisha Yixing teapot

Z-Zisha: is the second name of Yixing clay.

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