A spherical glass teapot in the traditional British Brown Betty style
The Humble teapot has a huge amount of history and many diverse cultural practices attached to it. Its invention as we know it today dates back to the sixteenth century. The simple and single aim behind the creation of this little container was merely to provide a vessel to brew and serve tea.
The earliest record of a teapot dates back to China the Sung Dynasty (960 – 1279) these were and still are known as Yixing ware teapots taking their name from the district around Lake Taihu in China where the purple clay from which these teapots are made was first mined this naturally occurring purple clay called “zisha” can only be found in this small area of the world
Teapots were not used in Europe until after 1610, when the Dutch traders first introduced tea there. During the early eighteenth century a new type of porcelain clay was discovered in Europe teapots then started to look more like we know them today. The English added their touch by mixing bone ash with porcelain clay to give it almost a transparent effect. Teapots began to take on new designs, bearing ornately molded handles and spouts to complement their rounded bodies. The evolution of the teapot has taken hundreds of years to reach its present form.
Today teapots can be found in large variety of styles and shapes and from a wide range of materials we can buy metal teapots clay and porcelain teapots even stoneware teapots, that list being most recently completed by the addition of the glass teapot being the newest trend in tea ware as through its transparent walls it is possible to watch the tea as it brews.
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