1.   There was a copper kettle boiling on one hob and a china teapot on the other and the stove shone clean.

2.   This china teapot is the perfect centrepiece to accompany shortbread and Christmas cake.

3.   It all gets washed down well with vodka, sometimes served in china teapots.

4.   Yet by early Saturday afternoon, the china teapot had shattered, the Dirt Devil Jr. had choked on some family heirloom.