Teapots

Vista Alegre have recreated the magic of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In a partnership with Ilustrarte, Vista Alegre created the Tea With Alice tea set. This is a Teresa Lima creation, taking the work she had already done in a Portuguese version of the book a step further.

www.vistaalegre.com

Time for tea?

A beautiful teapot is a work of art, an inspired piece of craftsmanship that represents so much in the home. It serves a dual purpose – bringing comfort and warmth – but also acting as a centrepiece on the table, a good teapot can be a real talking point! We shine a spotlight on some superb options available for buyers now

Denby

From Denby, Brew is a beautiful yet functional smaller teapot available in the Halo, Studio Grey and Studio Blue motifs. Designed to hold two cups of tea, perfect for when one cup isn’t enough and great for sharing. It comes complete with an integral stainless-steel strainer for loose tea.

www.denbypottery.com

Utopia

Utopia’s Barista range is most often associated with coffee lovers but it includes a stylish 45cl teapot designed especially for the discerning tea drinker. Made from a vitrified porcelain body with a flip top stainless-steel lid, the teapot is perfectly balanced for pouring and has a removeable metal strainer for holding all varieties of loose-leaf tea.

Available in green, bule, grey and white the teapots are dishwasher safe. The colourways match in with other items in the Barista range including cups and saucers, jugs and mugs.

www.utopia-tableware.com

Royal Selangor

The Sense teapot from Royal Selangor boasts a satin black fine china lid and bamboo handle. The perfect vessel for a favourite breakfast tea or fragrant green tea while its design also blends seamlessly into any living space.

www.royalselangor.com

Price & Kensington Porcel

Portmeirion

Sara Miller London and Portmeirion have collaborated to create The Chelsea Collection – an enchanting fine porcelain afternoon tea collection. Embellished with 22 kt gold accents, the Chelsea teapot features beautiful birds perched upon a tree.

www.portmeirion.co.uk

Spode

Originating from Morris & Co, this Pure Morris design is perfectly executed into a tableware and gifting collection with the expertise and skill of Spode. Made in Spode's factory in the heart of The Potteries, Pure Morris by Spode features a mix of heritage designs in a subtle, soft grey. This Pure Morris teapot features the adored Strawberry Thief design in a soft grey colourway.

www.spode.co.uk

Koransha

From Koransha, the Ruri Flower Circle Crest Tea Set boasts a lapis lazuli glaze – the result of many years of technical advances. Strict quality control has meant the glaze has been refined to produce a unique luster that emanates pure luxury.

www.koranshaus.com

The beautifully intricate Vivian from the masters at Porcel features a textured surface with specially crafted motifs resembling an antique style. The teapot is enhanced by the addition of a golden ring, with just the right amount of delicacy and class.

www.porcel.com

Dunoon

It’s time for tea with Dunoon’s set of Secret Wood fine bone china teapots, Tea for One teapot, cup and saucer.

All designed and beautifully illustrated by Jane Fern in her realistic and detailed watercolour style featuring colourful garden birds, small animals, ladybirds, butterflies and bees sitting on and flying around slender branches filled with catkins and red berries.

www.dunoonmugs.co.uk

Melody Rose

Enjoy a regal cup of tea from this beautiful and quirky fine bone china teapot with the London inspired Skull in Crown design from the Melody Rose Rock and Roll collection.

Exquisitely handcrafted fine bone china teapot featuring hand painted 22kt burnished gold drip lid. Pours six to seven cups.

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Tea lovers will find everything they need with the MY CHINA! dinner service from Sieger By Fürstenberg. The hand-formed spout of the teapot serves without dripping. The stainless-steel sieve is easily removed with the lid and can be kept in a separate porcelain beaker. The accompanying tea warmer and additional accessories complete the service for perfect tea indulgence. With six decors named Paraíso, Ca’ d’Oro, Treasure Platinum, Treasure Gold, Wunderkammer and Emperor’s Garden and the Stella relief, every tea lover finds his or her favourite design.

www.fuerstenberg-porzellan.com

Burleigh

Uniquely decorated by skilled craftspeople with Burleigh’s centuries-old technique of tissue transfer printed from copper rollers, each Burleigh teapot is cast by hand from English earthenware clay at Middleport Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent. Burleigh is one of the potteries to still include a strainer in its teapots, ensuring the perfect pour every time. Lovingly placed by Burleigh Teapot Casters, there’s a ‘grid’ within each teapot that will stop tea from dripping and ensure an elegant pour. This clever piece of clay allows tea to pass through the spout in a much more controlled and evenly distributed way. With two sizes available in most patterns and an optional for gift-boxed pieces in recyclable packaging, they make a beautifully practical gift. Pictured is the Calico range.

www.burleigh.co.uk

London Pottery

Designed by renowned ceramicist and London Pottery’s founder, David Birch, this elegant bellshaped teapot brings a bit of charm from the English countryside to every teatime. The eye is immediately drawn to an illustration of a majestic hare, set against a moss green background and framed by wildflowers. Made from lightweight but durable porcelain, it’s sure to last and accompany many glorious tea times.

Designed to be collected, the rest of the range including bird, fox and badger designs.

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Haviland

Haviland’s dishwasher safe tableware collection Rêves du Nil boasts a beautiful teapot as part of the exquisite porcelain assortment. Inspired by the Egypt of the Pharaohs, this prestigious service is a real poetry of the East, which stages the most beautiful representations of Egyptian art and gives birth to them under the name of Rêves du Nil. A kaleidoscope of flowers and symbols of one of the greatest civilisations, the Egyptian culture vibrates through the assortment.

www.haviland.fr