25 Castle Street, Conwy, Conwy County, Wales

Tel: +44 01492596533
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Britain's foremost teapot museum. Housed in a castle tower in North Wales, is a private collection, that grew out of a passion of one dedicated collector that began in the 1960's. Pity King Edward I in 1292. He completed construction of his most ambitious Welsh castle in the northern settlement of Conwy, but did not (nor would he ever) know the singular pleasure of a cuppa. Tea was not introduced to the United Kingdom until the middle of the 17th century. Teapot production began in the early 18th century. Today, Britain's first museum devoted entirely to teapots is housed in one of the 22 medieval towers that punctuate Conwy's castle wall. This intimate little gallery contains a myriad of designs, from the classic 18th century pots, to the extraordinary novelty pots of the 20th century. There are over a thousand of them - in every size, shape, style and material (porcelain, bone china, pewter, glass, terracotta, earthenware, etc. etc.). Some pots still available in the antique trade, others exceptionally rare and very expensive. There are others who have sizable collections, but mine is different in that I don't just collect teapots, I collect extraordinary teapots. There has to be something unique about the pot to attract me in the first place.....

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