Future Queen Invents Teapot

Princess Mary of Teck became Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 29 January 1936, as the wife of King-Emperor George V.
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A new “hygienic” teapot is the invention of a woman, and a royal woman at that, Princess May of Teck. She has just exhibited the pot in the group of nursing and sick-room appliances displayed in London previous to their forwarding to the Columbian Exposition. 

The model is in plain silver and made in two sections, the upper one of which is the receptacle for the tea. This is furnished with a double and extremely fine sieve, through which the water poured in at the top filters so slowly, that by the time it has reached the lower section all the good quality of the tea is extracted. The principle is quite similar but an improvement on the Japanese teapots, with perforated cups, sold here in New-York. – The New York Times, 1893

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