Lady Craveing’s Tea-Pot is a unique 18th century satirical teapot. Its subject is Lady Elizabeth Craven (British, 1750-1828) and her affair with Charles Alexander, the Margrave of Brandenburg, Anspach & Bayreuth. The teapot depicts the Margrave, see the etching of the teapot at the British Museum.
Allie Farlowe wrote about Lady Craven and this special teapot here. An excerpt is below.
“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 appear to be a somewhat ordinary object. However, in truth, it is anything but ordinary. This teapot is conceivably the only one of its kind in existence and it tells quite a story. At the heart of that story is the infamous Lady Elizabeth Craven who lived in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. She was a mother, a writer, a world traveler, and one of the most outspoken women of her day. However, Lady Craven seems to be primarily remembered for her scandalous love affairs.”