Today’s teapot is pretty special. I know that I say that about all of my teapots in my collection but this one really is. I picked up this sweet little teapot on our recent trip to Bermuda and as I watch the snow fall today I am wishing I was back on that island. The really neat thing about this teapot is that it has a story.
Now look at this signature on the bottom of this sweet Bermuda teapot.
Yes, that would be THE Carol Holding. One of the things that Mr. Diamond did in the past was do a start up for a picture framing company. One of the artists that they did framing for was Carole Holding in Bermuda. They shipped pallets of her fabulous watercolors every year and he had many conversations with her husband, Joe, who did the managing side of the business. When we visited Bermuda I was looking for a teapot but had not found one within my price range that spoke to me. Until this day!
We had brunch at the The Fairmont Southampton on Sunday which was our last full day in Bermuda. We decided to check out the little shops in the hotel before we walked back to our little apartment and were thrilled to see a store that appeared to be devoted solely to Carole Holding’s work. I was thrilled as I was picking through all the prints and lovely items that were for sale. Chris was commenting that we could just put them in some simple frames that would not detract from the prints themselves and mentioned how they used to frame them back in the day. The woman behind the counter approached us and asked who he was and guess what—-it was Carole!!!! It was serendipity. Chris had never met her and had talked mainly to her husband, Joe, so he did not realize that this lovely English lady behind the counter was the artist. It was wonderful and we were able to spend an hour or so catching up with her and enjoying her stories.
This was the ONLY time of the entire trip that I had not bothered to bring my camera or even my phone along so i was not able to get a picture of Carole and Chris together so you will have to imagine that but suffice it to say it was probably the highlight of our trip to be able to spend some time with this talented and gifted artist. You will definitely want to check out her website by clicking HERE.
I was thrilled to find that she had some teapots available with her lovely watercolor designs on them and that was what I was waiting for. It was the perfect teapot for my collection and I am thrilled to add it to my favorites shelf. Of course we picked up a couple of prints that we have yet to get framed or hung but you can probably see why we love her work so much.
It was a perfect way to end our trip and we were so happy to actually meet this gifted artist in real life. She is an amazing woman and if you are ever in Bermuda you have to look her up. She has several shops on the island including one that caters to the cruise ships. She is enchanting and entertaining and lovely all wrapped up into a lovely English package.
Don’t forget that today is the last day to enter my 6 Year Blogaversary giveaway!!!! I have a cute little china dish from Carole’s shop that is going to be included with the other items so you might want to enter if you haven’t already. Just click here to go to the post and enter by simply leaving a comment telling me what your favorite book is. Easy peasy!!!! I would love to have everyone have a chance to win.
