{"product_id":"paul-cardew-crime-writers-desk-full-size-teapot","title":"Paul Cardew The Crime Writer’s Desk Full-Size Teapot with Waste Paper Basket","description":"\u003cp\u003eA magnificent Paul Cardew teapot entitled \u003cstrong\u003eThe Crime Writer’s Desk\u003c\/strong\u003e, transforming a writer’s wonderfully cluttered workspace into an imaginative, full-size teapot. This example still has its \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal waste paper basket\u003c\/strong\u003e, a delightful accompanying detail filled with sculpted, crumpled manuscript pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glossy warm-brown desk is modelled with twin banks of drawers, tiny gold-coloured knobs and a central kneehole. On the desktop sits a beautifully detailed black typewriter, complete with round gold-coloured keys, metallic-toned typebars and a sheet of manuscript poised in the roller, as though the writer has just stepped away mid-chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA black rotary telephone sits alongside a framed picture of \u003cstrong\u003eMarilyn Monroe\u003c\/strong\u003e, while loose papers and a revolver add to the busy desktop scene. Together, these miniature objects create a characterful little world of telephone calls, discarded drafts and a crime story waiting to be finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFull-size design with its original basket\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaul Cardew: The Crime Writer’s Desk.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull-size teapot measuring \u003cstrong\u003e30 cm from the tip of the spout to the tip of the handle\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot to be confused with Cardew’s miniature or one-cup collectors’ series.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes the original basket-weave-style waste paper basket with sculpted discarded pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed desktop featuring a typewriter, telephone, framed Marilyn Monroe picture, papers and revolver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHandmade and hand painted at the Cardew Pottery in Devon.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA striking display piece for a Cardew collector, a lover of unusual teapots or anyone with a soft spot for literary curiosities. Imagine it on a bookshelf beside your favourite mysteries, with its little waste paper basket keeping the writer’s discarded ideas close at hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Cardew Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55341965115731,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/9777\/1603\/files\/paul_cardew_teapot_a_crime_writers_desk_12.png?v=1791864856","url":"https:\/\/vintageandnostalgic.co.uk\/products\/paul-cardew-crime-writers-desk-full-size-teapot","provider":"Vintage and Nostalgic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}