Political figure inspired teapots are a deep well of lost-in-translation.
Some back-story on these two: https://kammteapotfoundation.org/luck-f ... teapots-2/
Given their shapes, they may have originally been imagined as a tea-and-coffeepot set.
Political figure inspired teapots are a deep well of lost-in-translation.
On the other hand, some of these people do not even warrant the effort to make these items...mbanu wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 2:19 amPolitical figure inspired teapots are a deep well of lost-in-translation.
Some back-story on these two: https://kammteapotfoundation.org/luck-f ... teapots-2/
Given their shapes, they may have originally been imagined as a tea-and-coffeepot set.
This one took me a while, I think because I had to think about when someone would use this teapot. Then I realized it's a joke-pot when having tea out in the yard, with the lost-in-translation being why that joke would be funny. With Americans, at least, when televisions first became so widespread that they were seen as part of everyday life, the older generation would criticize children for no longer wanting to go outside because they would rather watch TV. Forcing them outside, such as on a family camping trip, there would inevitably be complaints about the lack of TV. Now those children are the older generation, and can poke fun at their younger selves as they enjoy tea outdoors. Also maybe a verbal pun, "tea-vee". However, for this to make sense, television had to have been a large part of one's childhood, which would not have been the case in all countries. (I haven't got the slightest clue what the equivalent teapot would be for a country where children preferred to stay indoors against the wishes of their elders, though.)
Something certainly got lost with the logo, either it's a Chinese reference that's lost on this American or the person doing it had no idea what they were actually copying because no matter how hard I squint I can't make that into Jerry West.
My guess would be that it was a second-generation pot made by someone inspired after seeing a photo of another NBA pot but who has maybe not seen an NBA logo up close, which I suppose is another sort of lost-in-translation. (Alternately, it could have been made by a potter who can't draw.) Better effort on this one, I think.pizzapotamus wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 1:45 pmSomething certainly got lost with the logo, either it's a Chinese reference that's lost on this American or the person doing it had no idea what they were actually copying because no matter how hard I squint I can't make that into Jerry West.