Art Deco Czechoslovakian Orange Teapot with Blue Trees in Landscape primitive wooden box is a story

is a story

sun shining above the ocean

and perhaps especially the back

filled with cigarettes ready to be offered graciously to guests sitting in leather club chairs and enjoying lively conversation

Art Deco Czechoslovakian Orange Teapot with Blue Trees in Landscape primitive wooden box is a storyWhat a charming teapot! This one really makes me want to host an afternoon tea simply in order to serve from it. Made in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s or so and gorgeously decorated, it is untraceable to a specific maker, though it reminds me so much of the work of Clarice Cliff (British), which I have fallen in love with of late. I find the palette extraordinary, with bright orange body, blue trees against yellow sky and green and pink rolling hills,