My Tiny Teapots

I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

Here at the Treehouse, we had our first barbecue.

My husband grilled some delicious steaks and it sure was a nice treat!

I spent a few years in England, back in the 90's. I lived in Windsor, England. 

Windsor is one of England's premier tourist and weekend break destinations. 

It has many attractions, shops, pubs, restaurants, nightclubs and historic buildings.

Windsor has a population of over 31,000 people and is situated beside the river Thames in Berkshire and is arguably one of Berkshire's prettiest towns. 

Home to the Queen of England, Windsor has the largest permanently lived in castle in the world. 

With Eton and the famous Eton college (both Prince William and Prince Harry attended Eton), which is just a short walk over the river Thames, it has more than enough to justify a few days sightseeing, especially if you want to use Windsor as a base for visiting London.

I absolutely love Windsor and that is when I lived there, that I started my collection of tiny teapots. 

I remember browsing through the little shops by the castle and a particular one had the Paul Cardew teapots. 

They were so precious, I was hooked. 

So I started collecting them. 

Today, I would like to show them to you. 

They were wrapped and boxed for the longest time. Moving to a new home made me rediscover them and fall in love with them again. 

The Paul Cardew "tiny teapots" collection is a retired collection that was manufactured in the 90's. 

Each one of those teapots are about 2" high.

The Vintage Refrigerator

Paul Cardew is a world renowned ceramic designer/potter and he is famous for his amazing collection of limited edition teapots sold all over the world.

The Vintage Stove

The Safe

The Bedside Table

The Christmas Tree

The Victorian Tea Table

The Teddy Bear's Picnic

The Washstand

The Washing Machine

The Washing Mangle

The Christmas Presents

The Kitchen Table

The Toy Box

Santa Claus

The Welsh Dresser

 This one is unfortunately missing a little piece. I remember putting it away somewhere, not having any super glue at the time. Hopefully, I will find it again.

The Kitchen Sink

And here they are, all together. 

16 of them! 

I love my tiny teapots.

It is not the complete collection and I would love to find other ones that I am missing. 

I will let you know if I do.

I decided to put them in our kitchen hutch.

For those of you who are interested, here is some information about Paul Cardew.

From an early age, it was obvious that Paul Cardew founder of the company Cardew Design, would have artistic tendencies.

Whether as an eight year old when he first picked up crayons, paints and brushes, and was encouraged to explore his talents by Michael Cardew, his great uncle and renowned ceramic designer, or when he later attended the art school at the prestigious Loughborough University in the heart of England, majoring in photography.

Paul first began teaching art part-time at Exeter University where he had time to develop his skills.

Paul Cardew's first two commercial breakthroughs came when he was asked to design ceramic brooches for Harrods Department store in London and then children’s piggy banks for The National Westminster Bank. Both proved highly successful commissions.

In 1975 Paul launched a range of unusual teapot designs at the Birmingham Spring Fair, then the largest gift show in Europe.

Building on many years of growth, in 1991 the company, Cardew Design, was formed in the United Kingdom.

His work was first shown in the USA in 1992 at the New York Gift Show and his designs had an instant appeal to the North American marketplace.

During the 90’s Paul Cardew designed for a number of famous brands under license- Portmeirion, Royal Doulton, Lilliput Lane, Harmony Kingdom- to name but a few. But his greatest claim was an association with The Walt Disney Company, with over one hundred designs perfected during a six year period…launching Paul on to the world’s stage.

Roy Disney selected Paul Cardew as one of only a few artists worldwide to design special products for Disney’s Millennium reproduction of the Fantasia Cartoon. Paul was invited to attend the movies premier at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

In 1999 Cardew Design North America Inc. was formed to expand and increase business primarily in the US and Canada. Since then, Paul’s designs have now sold in over 50 countries, delighting people all over the world. Many of his old designs are now antiques and are featured in auctions wherever ceramic art and teapots turn up.

In February 2008 Cardew Design North America acquired the international rights to the Cardew name and trade marks.

Today Paul Cardew continues to create even more interesting designs appealing to the ever changing tastes of the discerning consumer.

2014, the Company continues to produce over 150 items in 25 unique designs.

Thanks for stopping by!

Alexandra