This patriotic teapot was made for Dyson & Horsfall, a mail-order company in Preston specialising in Christmas catalogues. Before the war the company had a popular line in aluminium teapots, but with the war effort requiring people to surrender metal items they produced a ceramic teapot in 1939. You’ll find loads of pots about Preston at the Harris – including examples of Preston Guild pottery from 1802 to 2012 and a teapot made to celebrate Preston North End’s only FA Cup Victory in 1938.