Images of Wallace & Gromit Teapot and Pottery Available
Cardew Club are proud to announce the completion of Paul Cardew’s latest designs based on the upcoming Wallace & Gromit animated adventure. The feature film, entitled ‘Curse of the Were-Rabbit’, is the latest in Ray Parks animated adventures with the two plasticine friends. For fans of the film and teapot enthusiasts alike, these new Wallace & Gromit themed pottery creations are perfect.
The teapot is fashioned in the shape of Wallace & Gromit’s green van from the film, with the characters driving. The salt and pepper pots feature Wallace and Gromit sitting and enjoying a cup of tea together, while the egg cups are fashioned as their heads.
Herbal Teas and Other Refreshments From the Garden
Now the summer weeks are here and our gardens are no doubt blooming, here is an article from the timescommunity.com with details on all the delicious concoctions that are available to use free simply by using the herbs in our garden:
There is an assumption that tea should come in a dried form and for convenience should be in a bag.
While the dry form may be the only option in the winter, herbs growing in the summer can make terrific refreshments. Fresh herbs can be mixed together, or mixed with dried black or green tea, and served iced or hot. Sweet herbs such as Stevia can be added to tea as required.
Teapot Bought for a Song and Sold for £32,400
Leslie and Wendy Hyde have secured at least the mortage of their home recently, with the sale of a teapot for £32,400 at an auction house in South Kensington, London. A private collector paid thousands more than the expected £20,000 and over £30,000 more than the teapot originally cost Mr and Mrs Hyde.
The pair of seasoned bargain hunters found the brightly coloured teapot at a car boot sale in Tamworth, Staffordshire last year. They thought they had missed all the deals at a certain stall when they arrived, but managed to procure the teapot amongst the last bits and pieces on sale. They paid £2 for the teapot with a chipped handle and the bottom glued back on. They were unaware at the time that they had bought a rare antique, made in 1876 at the Minton Factory near Stoke.
Afternoon Delights
It’s a hard job but someone has to do it: Christopher Middleton hunts for Devon’s finest cream tea.
This year, the cream tea celebrates its 1,000th anniversary. Well, sort of. As far as beverage historians can ascertain, the first helpings of clotted Devonshire cream were handed out by the Benedictine monks of Tavistock, as a thank you to villagers who were helping to repair their abbey.
Given that destruction of said monastery had taken place in AD 997 (Vikings), it’s quite possible that the rebuilding work didn’t merit a dishing-out of dairy products for at least another eight years - that is, 1005.
Bellevue Art Museum Opens Teapot Exhibition
The Bellevue Art Museum presents The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expression from the Kamm Collection, open now and on view through October 2, 2005. The Artful Teapot examines the teapot as an inventive vehicle for artistic expression in the twentieth century. The 250 objects on exhibit include teapots by painters Roy Lichtenstein and Cindy Sherman, sculptors Arman and Michael Lucero, ceramists Betty Woodman and Adrian Saxe, as well as work by more than 100 other artists.
