<img width="320" height="309" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1982-1-2-ab.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features a square teapot in pink with white and gilt angled bamboo edges. Triangular spout at corner opposite handle. Decorated with landscape view on one side. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1982-1-2-ab.jpg 320w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1982-1-2-ab-300x290.jpg 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1982-1-2-ab-170x164.jpg 170w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" data-attachment-id="32435" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/12/28/a-victorian-teapot-in-millenial-pink/1982-1-2-ab/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1982-1-2-ab.jpg" data-orig-size="320,309" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="1982-1-2-a,b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1982-1-2-ab-300x290.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1982-1-2-ab.jpg" />Author: Zenia Malmer To the modern eye, this 19th century teapot, made by Edwin James Drew Bodley, who was in charge of an English china and earthenware manufacturer in Staffordshire, might border on kitsch. The spout, handle and edges are decorated with moulded bamboo stalks, with gilding to accentuate their nodes. Bright pink panels feature...