Japanese Trainware Teapots
Japanese, 20th century
two disposable trainware teapots, one without spout, 1960s
stoneware, one with blue grey glaze, one with brown glaze
H with lid: 3.75” L: 3.625” W: 3” & H: 4.375” L: 3” W: 2.5”
The Dinnerware Museum, Gift of Marie Woo, 2014.186, 2014.187
Akco, Japan, 20th century
disposable trainware teapot in a pagoda shape without lid, and two with lids
earthenware, glazed
H: 4.25” H: 5” H: 4”
The Dinnerware Museum, Museum Purchase, 2014.189, 2014.190, 2014.194
These small individual earthenware teapots were part of box meals available on some Japanese trains in the 1960s. The lid functioned as the tea cup. They were meant to be discarded after use. They must have been stockpiled somewhere, as they seem readily available on internet searches. Most are simple pagoda shapes in earthy glazes.