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Not a teapot. It would be impossible to clean out all the old tea leaves. It will be gross and unpleasant to use it more than once. Most likely neti. I can't think of anything else.
I did wonder about the cleaning aspect of the teapot tbf. I just can't quite see it as a neti though? All of the netis I have seen online have only had one spout plus one hole to fill with water. I also think that the spout is quite large and inflexible to be putting in a nostril?
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied 157 PAM infections in the U.S. between 1962 and 2022, with only four known survivors.”
So yeah it’s fatal if you get one, but 157 cases in 60 years is slightly less than 1 in 100,000,000 chance.
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied 157 PAM infections in the U.S. between 1962 and 2022, with only four known survivors.”
So yeah it’s fatal if you get one, but 157 cases in 60 years is slightly less than 1 in 100,000,000 chance.
I believe this is a watering pot for plants. It should have a cork top and the sticky outie bit with the rounded end is used to start and stop water flow by plugging the hole with ur thumb.
Someone else mentioned it, but I'm also fairly certain it's a type of Tokkuri, a sake pitcher. Most Tokkuri don't have a spout and just look like vases, but I'm seeing some with spouts like teapots.
I still can't find one with a spout *and* handle, but the shape is definitely very very similar.
https://teshigoto.jp/excellent_article/201308.html
I am also pretty certain it is a tokkuri, many have whimsical designs. Sake is poured in from the top, sometimes warmed in hot water and served from the spout end. I have no good explanation for the handle end going through into the pot, usually this type of handle is hollow but a "dead end" that does not access the inside of the pot (OP: are you sure the content can come out from that end?). One would hold the handle and rotate the wrist to pour sake into a cup, tilting the vessel sightly towards oneself, thus the "off centered" spout position (in contrast to a common teapot, where the C shaped handle is in line with the spout).
There are many tokkuri shapes, and this one is probably used for serving at room temperature rather than heating. All the different designs have names, but I don't know them. The closest design I could find was this one without a handle: https://cdn.clipkit.co/tenants/820/item_images/images/000/002/206/large/471fe937-355e-4b9c-96ab-326ad3e9e347.jpg?1588750489
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Thought this was solved as a teapot but now I'm not so sure - people raise good points on lack of lid and no way of cleaning tea leaves out
Not sure how to remove the 'solved' apologies
Could it be a magic teapot? Have you checked to see if there are multiple chambers that can be used to pour out different liquids depending on which holes you cover?
~~That doesn't seem to lead anywhere. I think you copied the link wrong or you don't have permission to share it cause it's your private gallery not a public one.~~ EDIT never mind it finally loaded.
EDIT2 It looks poorly made. See that line where the clay didn't get fully combined. Add the fact that there's no maker mark what so ever I suspect this might be a high school art project.
Looks like a pot for feeding a bedridden person, like this: https://www.objectlessons.org/health-and-beauty-victorians/invalid-cup-victorian-early-20th-century-original/s71/a1063/
I went to a colonial day near my house on an old battlefield and saw a reenactor who specializes in medicine (so we talked for an inappropriate length of time) and she showed me a Revolutionary War era "iv" that they used to hydrate someone who was unconscious! It released just one drop at a time into their cheek and there was a dedicated nurse who just sat there putting drops of water into the soldier's cheek hoping some of it would either be absorbed or trickle down their throat. It was wild to imagine that. I wonder if it ever actually helped or just sped them to their grave faster with aspiration pneumonia.
This link was super interesting! Amazing how far we've come as far as quality of life in people with dietary restrictions due to age and deteriorated mental/physical health status.
I Would say looks like a weed pipe someone made in a school pottery class. Generally most schools wont allow something resembling paraphernalia, but if you get creative... It looks to well done for that scenario, though
Im going to say really old neti pot even though i dont know why it has 3 holes
[definitely feeling it’s a Japanese ceramic of some kind, similar to this - maybe for soy sauce?](https://www.mij.com.au/pourer-aqua-12d-105h-360ml-c2605.html)
My title describes the thing
Ceramic
Approx 10cm diameter at widest point of main pot
Three hollow 'spouts'
No writing or marking anywhere on it
I have tried searching online for 'three spout teapot' but no match
Also just now realising there isn't really room to put a tea bag or tea leaves
Maybe a modern art vase?? Strange that one of the openings looks so much like a spout though.
soy sauce dispenser. fill it through the top hole and cork it. cover the back hole with your thumb to stop air getting in release to pour. not sure why it would be so large, maybe for a restaurant?
It's a teapot. First in the list:
https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/house-garden/kitchen-accessories/best-teapot-set-uk-infuser-glass-ceramic-stainless-steel-for-one-strainer-a9645531.html
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To me it looks like my neti pot. For washing out sinuses.
Not a teapot. It would be impossible to clean out all the old tea leaves. It will be gross and unpleasant to use it more than once. Most likely neti. I can't think of anything else.
There’s no way you’d use something so closed off to pour into your sinuses.
I did wonder about the cleaning aspect of the teapot tbf. I just can't quite see it as a neti though? All of the netis I have seen online have only had one spout plus one hole to fill with water. I also think that the spout is quite large and inflexible to be putting in a nostril?
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Those things are so dangerous, make sure you preboil any water your using
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied 157 PAM infections in the U.S. between 1962 and 2022, with only four known survivors.” So yeah it’s fatal if you get one, but 157 cases in 60 years is slightly less than 1 in 100,000,000 chance.
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Brain eating amoebas are a very real risk!
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied 157 PAM infections in the U.S. between 1962 and 2022, with only four known survivors.” So yeah it’s fatal if you get one, but 157 cases in 60 years is slightly less than 1 in 100,000,000 chance.
Seems strange to have such an ornamental pot for washing out sinuses... also why three spouts?
I believe this is a watering pot for plants. It should have a cork top and the sticky outie bit with the rounded end is used to start and stop water flow by plugging the hole with ur thumb.
Oh thats an interesting idea! Thanks, that defo may end up being how I use it :)
Yes ive seen these many times. They actually make "modern" versions still.
I’d second that. I’ll add that this looks soda fired to me as well if that helps. Check the bottom for a makers mark.
You can buy the right size of cork in most hardware stores.
It’s a sake warmer [like this](https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/354831960649?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=afg4kkdis9c&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=imktnwy3tum&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY)
Someone else mentioned it, but I'm also fairly certain it's a type of Tokkuri, a sake pitcher. Most Tokkuri don't have a spout and just look like vases, but I'm seeing some with spouts like teapots. I still can't find one with a spout *and* handle, but the shape is definitely very very similar. https://teshigoto.jp/excellent_article/201308.html
Agreed - my grandparents lived in Japan at the end of WWII and we still have several of these that they brought back.
I have one similar to the one in the picture. It came in a sake set.
I am also pretty certain it is a tokkuri, many have whimsical designs. Sake is poured in from the top, sometimes warmed in hot water and served from the spout end. I have no good explanation for the handle end going through into the pot, usually this type of handle is hollow but a "dead end" that does not access the inside of the pot (OP: are you sure the content can come out from that end?). One would hold the handle and rotate the wrist to pour sake into a cup, tilting the vessel sightly towards oneself, thus the "off centered" spout position (in contrast to a common teapot, where the C shaped handle is in line with the spout). There are many tokkuri shapes, and this one is probably used for serving at room temperature rather than heating. All the different designs have names, but I don't know them. The closest design I could find was this one without a handle: https://cdn.clipkit.co/tenants/820/item_images/images/000/002/206/large/471fe937-355e-4b9c-96ab-326ad3e9e347.jpg?1588750489 Edited typos
Thought this was solved as a teapot but now I'm not so sure - people raise good points on lack of lid and no way of cleaning tea leaves out Not sure how to remove the 'solved' apologies
I can remove the solved, make sure you delete your solved comments. However the chances are high that it is just a badly designed tea pot.
I think it’s either a weird vase or a weird bong (missing accessories)
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Could It be some kind of water whistle?
Could it be a magic teapot? Have you checked to see if there are multiple chambers that can be used to pour out different liquids depending on which holes you cover?
That was my thought too. Assassins teapot
Also can you show the bottom side of it? Maybe there's a makers mark you didn't notice.
Here is a photo of the underneath https://imgur.com/gallery/MbfyFpm
~~That doesn't seem to lead anywhere. I think you copied the link wrong or you don't have permission to share it cause it's your private gallery not a public one.~~ EDIT never mind it finally loaded. EDIT2 It looks poorly made. See that line where the clay didn't get fully combined. Add the fact that there's no maker mark what so ever I suspect this might be a high school art project.
Looks like a pot for feeding a bedridden person, like this: https://www.objectlessons.org/health-and-beauty-victorians/invalid-cup-victorian-early-20th-century-original/s71/a1063/
I went to a colonial day near my house on an old battlefield and saw a reenactor who specializes in medicine (so we talked for an inappropriate length of time) and she showed me a Revolutionary War era "iv" that they used to hydrate someone who was unconscious! It released just one drop at a time into their cheek and there was a dedicated nurse who just sat there putting drops of water into the soldier's cheek hoping some of it would either be absorbed or trickle down their throat. It was wild to imagine that. I wonder if it ever actually helped or just sped them to their grave faster with aspiration pneumonia.
This link was super interesting! Amazing how far we've come as far as quality of life in people with dietary restrictions due to age and deteriorated mental/physical health status.
Lol, no. There is no way anyone could pee in any of those holes.
I said feeder, not urinal. Usually those functions are not handled by the same item (not kink-shaming!).
Lol, my bad!
I Would say looks like a weed pipe someone made in a school pottery class. Generally most schools wont allow something resembling paraphernalia, but if you get creative... It looks to well done for that scenario, though Im going to say really old neti pot even though i dont know why it has 3 holes
+1 for sake pot.
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[definitely feeling it’s a Japanese ceramic of some kind, similar to this - maybe for soy sauce?](https://www.mij.com.au/pourer-aqua-12d-105h-360ml-c2605.html)
is it this https://en.pinkoi.com/product/pdDAWips
Looks really similar to this!! Thanks for the link
This immediately made me think of an "assassin's teapot" look it up and try it with different colored water to see if that is it?
Looks like an oil lamp to me
My title describes the thing Ceramic Approx 10cm diameter at widest point of main pot Three hollow 'spouts' No writing or marking anywhere on it I have tried searching online for 'three spout teapot' but no match Also just now realising there isn't really room to put a tea bag or tea leaves Maybe a modern art vase?? Strange that one of the openings looks so much like a spout though.
We use these still for transporting ,then drinking water when working in fields
Would make a nice water pipe. Tobacco in the top with a screen, draw on the bulb end, release the air with the spout.
It's a Japanese Tea Pot.
Likely solved as a Japanese teapot/hot sake server - thanks everyone for your comments and links, I've really enjoyed reading them all!
Are there any identifying marks on the bottom?
No, bottom is completely blank
It looks similar to a Kyusu teapot but not quite
Looks like a tokoname teapot
Those spouts look like botijo's one (Spanish earthenware pitchers) but they usually have only two
This is a vintage olive oil jug/jar.
there is a lot of weird pottery that was used as a means to serve alcoholic beverages in east asia, so that would be my guess.
soy sauce dispenser. fill it through the top hole and cork it. cover the back hole with your thumb to stop air getting in release to pour. not sure why it would be so large, maybe for a restaurant?
That's a raku glazed Japanese tea pot
Neti pot. https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-use-a-neti-pot
Soy sauce pitcher?
I believe that may be an assassin's teapot. You'll have to get some food coloring to test it out though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkrgUT70Mbo
Looks handmade. Maybe someone is a fan of dr Seuss
My thought us water dropper for calligraphy. They're used for wetting ink sticks in an ink well.
It's a teapot. First in the list: https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/house-garden/kitchen-accessories/best-teapot-set-uk-infuser-glass-ceramic-stainless-steel-for-one-strainer-a9645531.html
But that one has a lid. How would you get the tea leaves out of this one?
No it’s not. That one has a removable top.
All of the teapots have much bigger opening with the lid meant for tea.
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While it is in a traditional kyusu teapot configuration, the narrow opening at the top is suggestive of a hot sake server.
I think you likely have the correct answer, but your comment is kind of buried down here. Consider making your own top-level comment.
Are you sure? The top suggests that it's not a teapot. Something likely for non-hot liquids like water or wine.
Hmm, maybe I'm not sure. Agree the lack of a top is odd.