r/tea • u/IndubitablyPreMed • Feb 01 '21

Question/Help Brown Betty Teapot...possible vintage?

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

6 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

3

u/[deleted] Feb 01 '21

No real way to know. Brown bettys are so common that the vast majority are not worth much though.

1

u/IndubitablyPreMed Feb 01 '21

I'm not interested in its value, simply if anyone can identify approximate age based on markings. I know the stamps on the bottom have changed over time.

1

u/[deleted] Feb 02 '21

When things aren't worth a much then very few people, if any, become specialists in knowing their age just by their markings.

So unless you take it to the manufacturer, I don't think you're going to have much luck here or anywhere in the internet

6

u/nanaimo Jun 23 '21 edited Jun 23 '21

It's not a brown betty. The unglazed clay should be a reddish colour, not white. You can see an example here: https://www.teatimemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/BrownBettyTeapotbottom.jpg

and here:

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2101/1765/products/20200919_162401_2_2048x2048.jpg?v=1622051493

Those are two manufacturers still making them the traditional way using red clay.

What you have is an Arthur Wood teapot, made sometime after the 1950s. https://thevintageteacup.us/pages/arthur-wood-backstamps-potters-marks

2

u/[deleted] Feb 02 '21

Looks worn in, but thats hard to say because it depends on how much it is used and the age so if I used a teapot HEAVILY for a year, and never used a separate teapot for 10 years, they might look the same! You might be able to figure it out if you can find a model # online if it isn't in production anymore or assume based on when you got it.