Teapot lid of rude, hand-made pottery, from Barvas, Isle of Lewis

Teapot lid of dark brown stoneware, flat with plain loop handle with loose rings, for a barrel-shaped teapot, Yixing ware: China, Qing dynasty, 19th century

Teapot lid of wood, disc with simple knot, for a brown pottery teapot used for making yak butter tea: Tibet, late 19th century AD

Teapot lid of brass, stepped dome with foliate decoration and knop, for an ornate brass teapot used for drinking yak-butter tea: Nepal, 19th century AD

Thistle lid for a tortoise teapot of brown and green earthenware, pink inside, by the Dunmore Pottery

Lid of 'Ionic' teapot of salt-glazed stoneware: English, by Walter Keeler, 2003

Lid for a porcelain teapot painted in enamel colours and gold with a repeated figure subject and with birds and sprays in small panels, purple diaper in the interspaces: China, Qing dynasty, early 19th century

Earthenware teapot and lid, by Angus Suttie, London, England, 1982