{"id":749,"date":"2010-03-19T19:18:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T00:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=749"},"modified":"2016-11-19T11:37:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T16:37:29","slug":"wedgwood-s-y-p-teapot-c-1909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=749","title":{"rendered":"Wedgwood &#8220;S.Y.P.&#8221; teapot, c.1909"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A tilting teapot invented in 1905 by the Earl of Dundonald from Scotland and coined &#8220;Simple&#8230;Yet Perfect&#8221;. The unique design allows the tea to brew in the built-in infuser shelf as the pot lays on its back, tilts halfway up to drain the hot water from the infuser, then sits upright, ready to pour.\u00a0Teapot measures\u00a05.75 inches high, 6 inches wide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4715\" title=\"IMG_3153\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31531.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31531-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31541.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_3154\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31541.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The replacement lid is made of Britannia metal (aka britannium), a composite made up of 93% tin, 5% antimony &amp; 2% copper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3156.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4718\" title=\"IMG_3156\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3156.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3156-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3156-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ornately decorated\u00a0bottom is visible when in use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31552.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4717\" title=\"IMG_3155\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31552.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31552.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31552-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An identical teapot with its original lid, seen tilted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WedgewoodTeapot1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4719\" title=\"WedgewoodTeapot\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WedgewoodTeapot1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WedgewoodTeapot1.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WedgewoodTeapot1-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southworksantiques.com\">Southworks Antiques<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tilting teapot invented in 1905 by the Earl of Dundonald from Scotland and coined &#8220;Simple&#8230;Yet Perfect&#8221;. The unique design allows the tea to brew in the built-in infuser shelf as the pot lays on its back, tilts halfway up to drain the hot water from the infuser, then sits upright, ready to pour.\u00a0Teapot measures\u00a05.75 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[19,77,16,119,78],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-english","tag-metal-lid","tag-porcelain","tag-transferware","tag-wedgwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11622,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/11622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}