Tea Word for the Day: cadogan
 

This was a new one for me. It arrived through the "A Word A Day"
mailing list. Since it's a teapot, I thought others here might
enjoy learning a little vocabulary, too.

Derek

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cadogan (kuh-DUG-uhn) noun

A lidless teapot, inspired by Chinese wine pots, that is filled
from the bottom.

[After William Cadogan, 1st Earl of Cadogan (1675-1726), who was
said to be the first Englishman to own such a pot.]

Pictures of cadogans:
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~beryls/Pages/lw1_8.htm
http://nemmelgebmurr.com/vintage/squirrel.html

"Among the Twining teapots is a Matlocks Cadogan from Yorkshire.
It was
filled through a hole in the bottom and emptied right side up."
Jim Weaver; The Twining Teapot Collection; Antiques &
Collecting Magazine (Chicago, Illinois); Apr 2003.

"This type of tea server was called a cadogan in England; vaso
senza
bocca in Italy. They were inspired by Chinese wine pots." James
G. McCollam; Chinese-inspired English Teapot is as Valuable as
it is Unusual; The Sun (Baltimore, Maryland); Jun 13, 1993.

This week's theme: Earls who became words (or places that became
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