Silverleaf Bonsai Tree Reassembled Ring Teapot

I have begun naming my teapots after ideas, moods, animals, or shapes their finished compositions and colors suggest to me, rather than after their cross-section profile and glaze color. This teapot has a kind of "Liberty Bell" cross-section, but it floats like a Japanese bonsai tree, so I gave it that name. For the finial I added curving plantlike tendrils to the lid just in front of the handle. I like the way the composition is cantilevered to the right over the oval base. I think the user would need two hands to pour tea from this teapot. The glaze is a particularly rich soft lavender gray color I called "silverleaf."

This teapot is held in a private collection in Redford, Michigan.

In addition to my unique reassembled ring teapots, my partner Susan Nykiel and I also make a wide range of functional and elegant pottery pieces. Please visit our new online store at oakbluffspottery.etsy.com to see what we have to offer! This is an excellent place to shop for beautiful handmade pottery for your own home or for your gift-giving pleasure.