Oh the mysterious smile on Mona Lisa has captured many art lover’s eye over the years since Leonardo da Vinci painted the painting circa 1503. Who would have ever dreamed that that mysterious and beguiling smile could grace a teapot?
This lovely apparently unused teapot was a great find on eBay and I was thrilled to add her to my collection.
She is ready to pour a cup of tea from her empty arm which could be rather creepy but I find it fun instead.
Her cup appears to have the letter M on it –maybe for Mona? Who knows?
The top of her head lifts off and serves as the lid and while that is creepy as well it is the way most of these “human type” teapots function. After all, who wouldn’t want boiling water poured into an empty head?
The maker of this particular teapot is Vandor and I think I have several other of their teapots in my collection but today I can not remember which ones they are.
I guess that means I need to really take better notes and keep a spread sheet of my teapots. I started that a couple years ago but life got in the way and I never finished. One of these days I will but until then I will just post them willy nilly and hope you enjoy them.
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(Referring to Jane Austen) At the center of almost every social situation in her novels one finds—tea. In “Emma,” does Miss Bates drink coffee? Of course not: “No coffee, I thank you, for me—never take coffee—a little tea if you please.” In “Sense and Sensibility,” what is everyone drinking when Elinor notices Edward’s mysterious ring set with a lock of hair? Tea, of course. And in “Pride and Prejudice,” what is one of the supreme honors Mr. Collins can envision Lady Catherine bestowing on Elizabeth Bennet and her friends? Why, drinking tea with her, naturally. Kim Wilson
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Leave a commentThat sure is an interesting find. Amazing how many different tea pots there are in the world. 😊
And they still keep making more! Who knows how many different kinds there are all over the world? Boggles the mind.
She’s interesting! I wonder where you store all of these teapots!?
So where do I store them? A lot are in my dining room in a china cabinet, in the entry way in an antique secretary that my father in law refinished, some on bookshelves in the living room, some in an old barristers cabinet that came from my G and G Brown and the rest are stored in totes. I like to rotate them in and out and I really do have more than can be displayed so I have to do that occasionally. Also gives me the chance to wash and clean them up when I do that.
This has to be the most unique teapot you have ever featured! I also love the Jane Austen reference. They do drink a lot of tea in her books.
I love her because she is indeed different. I love the ones that stand apart as different. I mean we all can have the typical one color boring teapot or we can celebrate tea time with something truly different like Mona Lisa!
Exactly!!
I’m with the “creepy” on this. But, hey, it’s different, as we say in Minnesota.
Haha. Creepy wins according to most of the readers today. I am fine with that! At least she is functional.
Okay, she is a little creepy but oh so unique that she’s fascinating.
Yes, creepy but fascinating is exactly how this teapot should be described.
What a amazing teapot!! How interesting that there is so many types of teapots.
It is a fun teapot, isn’t it? I know no one thinks that teapots come in so many types so it is fun to share them.