Elizabeth Priddy on thu 22 may 03
When Poland was wealthier, Turkish tea cups were commonly used, sounds like you were there Iron Curtain time...
Middle Europeans used a Turkish tea glass, which is a glass tumbler like you describe that is meant to be held by a silver filigree-type cup holder with a handle. I bet they just didn't have them in common use when you were there. I have seen them in antique books and they are available in tea shops. Some people like glass better to see the color of the tea. These cups found in antique stores that "don't make sense, there's holes all through it" are probably turkish tea cup holders that the glass tumbler was lost or broken.
Too much antiques road show will warp your mind...The stains in a tea pot are a good sign the user didn't ruin it with bleach. The tea stains can triple the value of an old pot on ARS.
And if you like pots that craze, that makes you "crazy",
in a good way, as I am "crazy" too. The stains in a tea pot are a good sign the user didn't ruin it with bleach. The tea stains can triple the value of an old pot on ARS.
David Hendley wrote:
I've told this story on Clayart before, but I like it, so here it is again:
When I traveled to Poland in the 1970's, I was amazed to find out that
they didn't use mugs when drinking hot tea.
They used glass tumblers, such as we in Texas use for serving iced tea.
I couldn't pick up a tumbler-full of tea, even with my potter-toughened
hands, but I guess the natives were used to it and liked it.
A thin glass tumbler filled with hot tea is even harder to hold than a
ceramic one.
There was a dearth of ceramics in the country at the time, just as there
were shortages of lots of things, but I think the people had a long
tradition of tea-drinking from tumblers rather than handled mugs, and
preferred it.
As for customers who complain about hot tumblers and bowls, tell them
you can add a handle to anything for an extra $5 per piece.
They may decide to act Polish rather than pay extra!
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
david@farmpots.com
http://www.farmpots.com
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> >> One of the most common criticisms of the pieces I have sold to people
> have been that they conduct heat very well, that is, the soup bowls
> and some of the tumblers I have sold people tell me they have to use
> a paper towel just to hold them if anything hot goes in them. <<
>
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Hank Murrow on fri 23 may 03
On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 10:21 PM, Elizabeth Priddy wrote:
> Too much antiques road show will warp your mind...The stains in a tea
> pot are a good sign the user didn't ruin it with bleach. The tea
> stains can triple the value of an old pot on ARS.
>
While doing a workshop with Hamada in the early sixties, someone
brought in a plate that he had done which she purchased at Gumps in San
Fransisco. It still had the brown glue-on tag with the price. He said
he was sorry it had not been used enough to wear off the tag. The next
day Jane Heald brought in a small teapot that he had given her for
firing their work during the visit with Yanagi and Leach in '52. Hamada
looked it over, noting the heavy stain down the front under the spout
and inside where it was black. He said, "Now here is a pot that has
been well-loved!"
I know he was pleased, and witnessing this pleased me too.
Hank in Eugene, back from a workshop with the fine folks at Tacoma C.C,
where we had some pottery fun.
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