The Kamm Teapot Collection is a comprehensive look at the teapot through the lens of art. The collection encompasses historical decorative arts, industrial design icons, unique works of contemporary art, novelty teapots, and teapot-related artifacts. The collection is international in scope, includes all media, dates from the 17th to 21rst centuries, and numbers over 17,000 objects.
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Featured Teapots
Metalsmiths Jack da Silva, Sue Aygarn-Kowalski and Susan Ewing have created teapot sculptures that feature tools. Da Silva used a carpenter’s ruler and pencils to frame his silver vessel. Aygarn-Kowalski formed and fabricated copper sheet into a hollow anvil shaped teapot. Ewing made bandsaw blades from silver that mimic the real thing. See more amazing works like these in our Metal Collection.
COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS
Learn about the teapots in these writings that explore the collection. Discover the many artistic themes and ideas behind the works. Read about the makers, and see special teapots.READ MORE
Martin Brothers Grotesque Figural Teapot
The Martin brothers are considered “the most inventive and idiosyncratic potters” of their day as well as “the first dedicated studio potters in post-industrial England.”[i]
Lady Craveing’s Tea-Pot
In the Kamm Collection there is a porcelain teapot modeled in the shape of a figure called Lady Craveing’s Tea-Pot. At first glance this might
Emmy Roth Tea Infuser
“…I am the work. I cannot separate the form of beauty and the form of expression, because every form I create is myself. The idea
Paula Straus Coffee and Tea Service
“I have a busy life behind me in a profession whose difficulties I overcame with perseverance and love, and which has given me so much
Sonny and Gloria Kamm
Los Angeles residents Sonny and Gloria Kamm have collected teapots for over 35 years. Their interest in teapots began as an adjunct to their collection of contemporary art and led to a passion that has resulted in the world’s largest and most comprehensive teapot collection. The Kamm Teapot Foundation was established to preserve and maintain the teapot collection.READ MORE
