A pair of young apprentices concentrate their attention on shaping a teapot on a potter's wheel, with the aid of simple tools, like a small knife. They are learning to craft Chaozhou handmade red-clay ...

Made of local clay, one of its major raw materials, handmade teapots from Chaozhou are made using traditional pottery-making methods, centering the prepared clay on the wheel and crafting it by hand ...

Between a lump of clay and a handmade teapot sit four seemingly simple parts: a body, a handle, a lid and a spout. "The teapot is the pinnacle of the potter's art," says Janis Ross, founder of the ...

A rare teapot made for King Edward VII is set to sell for thousands at auction. The ‘Round Robin’ teapot was commissioned in 1867 by the then Princess of Wales, Alexandra of Denmark, as a gift for her ...

THIBODAUX -- The world-famous Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., now has a little piece of Nicholls State University in its collection. A ceramic teapot sculpted by Jean Donegan, an NSU ...

For the best spouts, Scales suggests looking for porcelain. “Porcelain is thin enough for drip-free pouring,” she says. “And ...

A rare teapot made for King Edward VII by the world-famous Staffordshire pottery company Minton is set to sell for thousands at auction. The ‘Round Robin’ teapot was commissioned in 1867 by the then ...

THIS style of cast-iron teapot is said to have originated in China, but the Japanese made the concept their own. Known as tetsubin, these pieces are typically elegant, decorative, yet practical.

Some things always immediately spring to mind in the form of pairs: bread and butter, salt and pepper, peanut butter and jam, and the perpetual flow of cups of tea and the UK. If you are someone who ...

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