Straight-sided octagonal silver teapot with an engraved roundel in each section, two with monograms, the other six with classical subjects, by Patrick Robertson, Edinburgh, 1789 - 1790

Inverted pear-shaped silver teapot with a flat top and central dome, with chased swags of flowers and leaves, by James Gillieland, Edinburgh, 1776 - 1777

Silver teapot with four bulging sides meeting at sharply defined corners, by Lothian and Robertson, Edinburgh, 1753 - 1754, engraved with swags of naturalistic flowers, leaves and berries

Silver teapot with a narrow stylised leaf border round the rim and a hinged, domed lid, by James Wildgoose, Aberdeen, c. 1765

Small plain silver bullet-shaped teapot on three short paw feet, by William Jamieson, Aberdeen, engraved with a coat-of-arms and motto "Id Agitur"

Egg-shaped silver teapot on a circular pedestal base, closely decorated with chased stylized designs and with four oval cartouches round the centre, by J. McKay, Edinburgh, 1861 - 1862

Silver teapot with a thistle head shaped body, by R. and W. Sorley, Glasgow, 1892, part of a four piece thistle-shaped tea-set

Brown glazed earthenware teapot in the form of a stook of corn, with a circular base, straight sides, inward turned rim, and a separate circular lid, by Belfield and Co. of Prestonpans

Red clay teapot of Barvas ware, with sides which swell out slightly from a rough flat base which is in the shape of an irregular circle, and with a spout of conventional shape

Barvas ware teapot and lid of unglazed earthenware, with a circular base, a tall oviform body and an almost vertical spout opposite a square section loop handle

Part of a toy teapot of earthenware, brown Rockingham glazed, with a spherical body with ribbed panels and a slightly domed lid, probably by Charles Belfield's Pottery, Prestonpans

Part of a toy teapot of earthenware, brown Rockingham glazed, with a spherical body with ribbed panels and a slightly domed lid, probably by Charles Belfield's Pottery, Prestonpans

Part of a teapot from a porcelain teaset, possibly by Verreville, 19th century

Part of a teapot from a porcelain teaset, possibly by Verreville, 19th century

One of a collection of specimens illustrating the manufacture of Wedgwood pottery from Etruria, Staffordshire - throwing and turning - a teapot in the second stage of throwing: English, 1850s.

Teapot handle, Egyptian shape, finished example, one of a collection of specimens illustrating the manufacture of illustrating the manufacture of Wedgwood pottery: English, Staffordshire, Etruria, by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, circa 1856