Tiny teapots
Miniatures
have a peculiar appeal. Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House is the largest and most
famous dolls’ house in the world. It is a delight to see it at Windsor Castle,
but there’s always such a press of people that there’s little time to study and
appreciate the intricate detail.I enjoy
seeing other people’s dolls’ houses and marvel at the fine and considered work
that goes into them, though I have not the patience to embark on one for myself.
Nonetheless, I do like small things. Two that I have recently acquired, mainly because
I like the look of them, are two tea infusers.
Both
feature tiny teapots. The first is blue and white and measures 4 x 3 cms. It is
attached by a chain to a wire infuser of 4½ cms which holds a quantity of tea leaves
and is good for the more robust mixtures of larger leaves.The second
one is also a teapot which measures 6cms from spout to handle and 3cms from
teapot lid to base. It is the actual infuser and has a smaller capacity than
the teapot-weighted infuser. It has a tray on which it can be rested after removal
from the cup by its short chain.
