I don’t recall where I bought this little tea pot. I’m thinking it was in some antiques store, and I don’t know how much it cost, but…

There is a dragon head which acts as a handle on the lid. Another dragon head is sticking out on each side of the pot.

The dragon head on top of the pot has an open mouth, and there is a tongue which moves when you shake it. There is a steam hole beside the head of the dragon. This little pot comes close, but with just a slight modification, it could have been awesome. Instead of drilling the steam hole to the side of the head, the artist could have drilled the hole so that the steam could come out of the dragon’s open mouth. Now, that slight modification would have made this a work of art.

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There was another teapot that I bought at an antiques store in New Bern, NC. I had visited this store several times through the years, and it was fun to roam about it. It was sprawling. But, a few years ago, I turned down the road to where this store was located and as I came to the gate, was surprised that the store was gone. Apparently, a fire, and now there was nothing but the small parking area that was out front (not paved, but gravel I recall).

I bought a tea pot at this store, and I bought a couple of Turkish glasses also. Both purchases may have been the same day. *The date was on the photo of the teapot and the photo was taken in the store. I seem to recall that I saw the two Turkish glasses almost immediately as I entered the store, and quickly took them up to the counter, and then went back to perusing the rest of the store again. The tea pot was white porcelain, with narrow bluish pin stripes going around the bowl from top to bottom. It was obvious that the vessel had been broken, and pieced back together, but here is why I bought it. It was the sound that the lid made as I placed it on the pot. The sound connoted excellent workmanship, and the feel was of a well designed door that closed perfectly each time. I did not know that the glasses were of Turkish design when I bought them. They had an ornate gold rim around each glass, and sometime later I googled regarding these glasses and found that they fit the “Turkish Glass” theme.