Filio teapot

The teapot by designer Tassilo von Grolman is striking proof of a design that is undisputed in terms of design, in which the form does justice to the purpose in an astonishing way. The teapot itself, in the shape of a large hemisphere made of heat-resistant Duran glass, and a tea strainer that takes up the entire volume of the teapot ensure that the tea and its active ingredients can unfold completely when brewing - because it "floats freely", so to speak. The glass jug with removable lid is suspended in a metal frame, which also serves as a handle and stand. It can be easily removed from the frame for thorough cleaning. Made in Mettmann.

Borosilicate glass was developed in 1891. Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott designed it having in mind a special glass for the optical and chemical industry. From the Jena glassworks, the glass with the unique product features promptly went on to conquer the world. In the nearby Bauhaus school of design in Weimar, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Bruno Mauder, and Ilse Decho were fascinated with the idea of using laboratory glass in the kitchen and gave the new material a contemporary form.

Glass is earth, fire and air: quartz sand and lime, melted in fire, purified in the refining process and then shaped by air and gravity. "No material transcends matter as much as glass. Of all the materials we have, it has the most elemental effect. It reflects the sky and the sun, it is like light water, and it has a wealth of possibilities in color, form and character that is truly inexhaustible and that can leave no one indifferent." (Paul Scheerbarth) The history of man-made glass goes back more than 4000 years. (There is also natural glass: pumice, for example, is natural foam glass of volcanic origin). The subtle manufacturing and processing techniques that glassmakers have developed during this time and the wide range of uses for glass - from coarse bottles to the finest optical-technical special glass - is astonishing. Glass can be pressed into molds (pressed glass, which is not only produced mechanically but also manually), it can be blown into molds (which in turn can be done mechanically and manually), and it can be free-blown in the process in which the glass mass is given its shape on the glassmaker's pipe, which has remained unchanged for 2000 years, solely by turning, swinging, spinning and the influence of gravity (this can only be done manually). Here is a small selection of glasses using all three methods. "I have always been of the opinion that there are more important things than gold. Glass, for example, I consider more important." Theodor Fontane

Borosilicate glass is odorless and tasteless and suitable for use in the oven and microwave, on the stove, in the refrigerator and dishwasher. (Please follow the manufacturer's care and use instructions).