Instant Expert: Collecting Teapots

Think, talk, and act like an expert!

Learn the language of teapot collecting, and the answers to these questions and more:

• What is the difference between a teapot and a kettle?

• What kind of teapot is used in a Japanese tea ceremony?

• What distinguishes a craft teapot from a manufactured teapot?

•What is the difference between pottery, stoneware, and porcelain?

This one-of-a-kind resource on the history of tea and teapots also includes online resources, museums, books, magazines and newsletters, tea and teapot emporia, clubs, societies, and associations.

• Antique Trader Teapots Price Guide
• Teapots by Design: A Collectors' Catalogue (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
• Collectible Teapots: A Reference and Price Guide
• The Eccentric Teapot: Four Hundred Years of Invention
• British Teapots and Coffee Pots (Shire Library)