A surprising teapot find

A few tea wares have been on my bucket list for a while. One of them is a stacking teapot, but they're a bit on the pricy side when I spot them online, and like a lot of things, I didn't want one that bad. Still, when I was checking out antique stores in Griffin last Wednesday, I went to one called Treasure Seekers, and this flat little teapot, sugar, and creamer caught my eye. Could it possibly be …?

I stacked the creamer and sugar and they fit. I wanted to stack them on top of the teapot, of course, but the lid was taped to the pot, and I didn't want to remove the tape without getting permission from someone in the store. So I walked the set up to the counter and explained to the pleasant woman there that I *thought* this was a stacking teapot, but I'd need to remove the tape to be certain. She said sure, pulled off the tape, and voila, the set stacked up as pretty as you please. "Well, I learned something new today," she said. "I've never even heard of this before." 

I told her not to feel too bad, that probably only tea nerds know what these things are, and that made her smile. The design is called "Pompadour" by Lord Nelson Ware in England, and I was happy to get this set for $25.

Even the teapot lid is pretty! A set just like this one is currently listed on eBay for $139.89, so I'm curious to see if it ends up selling. The price on my set was certainly right, and I considered it a birthday treat from me to me! (But I do not intend to collect these. Unless I should happen across one for 99 cents at a thrift store, one stacking teapot is plenty!)