Sometimes you see something that you HAVE to have. A few years ago when I went back to visit friends in Mooresville I knew something was calling my name. Judy and Ann and I explored the Main Street Antique and Design Gallery that resides in the old Burlington Mill facility in the downtown area of the town in North Carolina that I love to return to. The warehouse is huge and filled with vendors who have booths that seek antiques as well as new merchandise, handmade items and all kinds of vintage and unique and yes–sometimes quirky items.
Judy and Ann were lagging behind and I spied it. The one thing that I knew had to come home with me. I beckoned to them and told them that I found something.
Oh yes. It is perfect. Even if it is not functional it is perhaps the best teapot I have seen in a long time. It may eventually become a table of sorts with a glass top.
I snatched it up and we completed our tour of the huge antique mall and yes—I could have set it up at the counter but I chose not to. Let’s just say I attracted a lot of attention. I can’t tell you how many people were eyeing my prize and one lady even popped out a couple of times in an attempt to take my prize from me. No way.
The teapot stayed in Aaron’s attic for quite awhile when we were transitioning from Iowa to North Carolina and it now resides on a ledge in the stairwell. I love it and I have great memories every time I walk up the stairs and see it there.
“Ephraim lifted the top of the trunk. Neatly stacked were mementoes from what seemed like hundreds of journeys. Right on top was an etching of the Eiffel tower next to an African mask that looked at him with surprised eyes. He reached in a little deeper and unearthed a small teapot decorated with blue drawings just like the kind his grandmother collected and kept in a locked china cabinet.”
― Megan Frazer Blakemore, The Water Castle
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Leave a commentThis is the best teapot ever and I would have been disappointed if you hadn’t purchased it! Glad to hear it is home where it belongs. The picture of it in the trunk gives a clear idea of its size.
It definitely had to come home with me! It is still in the same spot that Aaron put it in when he brought it to me after we moved because I can’t think of a better spot. 🙂
I have to come visit and see if you have a teapot for a bed😜
I do not have a teapot bed but you are welcome anytime!!!! 🙂
I see it as a great planter on your porch!
Yep. That would be a great way to use it as well. I need to make that a priority next spring.
That is awesome! I love it. I like the table idea but as a planter it sounds kind a cool too. Ah, the possibilities. 🙂
And yet it still sits on my ledge! 🙂 I need to get on it!
Wow! Talk about the “perfect” find! Says Beth all over it! Glad it’s where you can enjoy it now. Slowly packing my treasures for the day I can put them out in my “perfect” home.😊
It does scream Beth Ann, doesn’t it? It was such a great find and one day you will have that perfect home, right? But until then…enjoy the chaos. 🙂
Sure will.☺ Thanks!
You and your unique finds….I like the table idea as that way you’d see it all the time.
I just have to find a place that it fits, you know? Maybe in that elusive beach house…
Oh, Beth Ann, this is the craziest find ever. But so perfect for you. I think your idea of converting this into a table is a good one. Keep us posted.
Well considering I have had it for over 2 years and it is in the same place in my house does not bode well for actually making anything out of it! I need to get that project done some!
Now, THAT’S a teapot!
It may not hold tea very well but it is perfect for me.