Posting meme: Favorite ceramic item

[extrapenguin]

libitina asked about the favorite ceramic item I own or have owned in the past. ...or want to own in the future.

Let me begin with an excursion into fluid mechanics. When one pours water through a spout, if the spout is narrow, everything is peachy. If the spout is wide, though, a droplet accumulates on the spout, and when one stops pouring, that droplet does not go back into the main container. No: gravity pulls it out. It runs down along the outer edge of the container until it hits the table. In the not so prosaic words of my mother, the vessel pisses itself.

And let me tell you, there are so many teapots that piss themselves. So many. But not my teapot! It's perfect. My mom inherited it from her aunt and gave it on to me. It's an Arabia MA-model from the 50s/60s. It looks like these ones:


The one with gold on the top as well, on the left. It fits 1 L of liquid and is great. 10/10, would recommend.

Comments

[libitina]

It looks perfect - Like a brown betty, but sleeker. A+ for perfect pour, and such a useful volume!

[extrapenguin]

I've never seen a nicer-looking teapot in my life. It's just quintessentially teapot-shaped, y'know? Sadly the model has been discontinued, so it's flea market only stuff nowadays.

[china_shop]

Ooh, that's very stylish.

[extrapenguin]

It is! Peak snazzy and style.

[isis]

That's a beauty of a teapot!

[extrapenguin]

It is! I love it immensely.

[sewn]

That's a beautiful teapot. I think the only non-piss (ei-kuseskeleva? :D) pots I've had are Arabia, such as Kilta/Teema.

[extrapenguin]

I don't have any experience with Kilta or Teema teapots, but I've used at least one from Arabia that pissed itself. (We rented a cottage that came with a teapot. Nice cottage, shame about the teapot.)

[sewn]

I think the classic Teema teapot doesn’t drip because it’s quite chonky and it’s easy to make a good spout out of that (like the edge/rim is nicely round so it doesn’t “break” the water, idk how to describe it?). But then it’s of course quite heavy.

[nnozomi]

These are gorgeous, perfect form/function combination.

[extrapenguin]

100%. I am so happy to have mine!

[superborb]

What a beauty! I do feel that teapots are one of those things that are really hard to get right -- not just the leaky spout, but also the quality of the pour!

[extrapenguin]

Exactly! If you ever run into one at a Finnish flea market, it's 100% worth nabbing one. :P