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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by night.owl » Jan 13th, '12, 22:39

That's one place I haven't frequented yet, is eBay, but you've got me tempted. Great find!

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by MarshalN » Feb 9th, '12, 04:22

If you look long and hard on ebay you can sometimes find pretty good things for cheap.

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by bearsbearsbears » Feb 10th, '12, 21:20

My new tea boat. $5 (!!!) at an antique market, sold by a woman who buys whole estates and sells the stuff off cheap.

MarshalN suggests this is 3-4 decades old, as people don't do this in HK anymore. It's a qinghua doucai shallow bowl (high walled plate?) wrapped in pewter.

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by the_economist » Feb 10th, '12, 22:21

Ooh this is a particularly nice example of this style I think. I was considering picking up one like this (although it was bluewhite not doucai).

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by MarshalN » Feb 20th, '12, 01:47

Hmmm, I didn't see the pewter on the other side last time. I think this is significantly older than 3-4 decades.

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by Tead Off » Feb 20th, '12, 05:02

MarshalN wrote:Hmmm, I didn't see the pewter on the other side last time. I think this is significantly older than 3-4 decades.
I don't think earlier than 1920's/30's. 2 or 3 decades won't make much difference.

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by bearsbearsbears » Feb 20th, '12, 10:07

Thanks for all the input! Whenever it's from, it looks beautiful with a teapot in it.

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by TomVerlain » Feb 21st, '12, 19:17

Take a look at 146 and 924 on the goethborg.com website. "Late 20th c"

http://gotheborg.com/marks/index-china-marks.htm

Metal edged pottery can certainly be very old, and that piece is very nice, but the rubber stamp mark indicates it is probably 1960's +.

Hand painted adds charm, and it is still functional, so it is a win, no matter what age.

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by Tead Off » Feb 22nd, '12, 04:34

Looks like you nailed it!

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by fdrx » Mar 1st, '12, 21:42

I don't think it's old but i found this little teapot today (~100ml) in an antique shop... i know nothing about it but here are some pics :
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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by TomVerlain » Mar 1st, '12, 22:06

the net design is reminicent of japanese glass fishing floats

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by fdrx » Mar 1st, '12, 22:38

Thank you Tom, i just googled "japanese glass floats" and you're definitely right! it must be for green tea because i can't use too hot water with such a design or i'll burn my fingers while pouring

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by Chip » Mar 2nd, '12, 00:04

Never saw anything quite like that one. What kind of screen does it have?

I imagine even with greens, you have to be careful?

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by MarshalN » Mar 2nd, '12, 00:27

This is looking more like a soy sauce dispenser

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Re: Antique/Vintage Tea and Tea Ware

by debunix » Mar 2nd, '12, 00:36

MarshalN wrote:This is looking more like a soy sauce dispenser
That makes more sense to me since the dimples by which it seems intended to be handled are right where the heat would be greatest--not user-friendly for even relatively cool-brewed tea.

Love the design otherwise, though.

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