New from The Prop Store of London – a tea set from… I’m not sure. The galley? Inara’s rooms? The deleted dinner scene on Haven? Anyway, it’s a cool-loooking Chinese tea set that popped up somewhere.
Also, a dress from one of the Companions-in-training.
Interesting thing about this teapot…. I ordered it but someone beat me to it. The kind persons at the Prop store offered me another one that had not been posted yet – after all I gave them my credit card and all.
So I bought the “other” one that was listed as “sold” the moment they posted it, and my wife was thrilled at the purchase.
For those who might want to buy one exactly like it, here are the details:
Whomever does the purchasing for there “asian-type” stuff did so at Rafu Bussan in japan town in L.A.
This pot was listed as model TTP-058
The box that the pot came in was labeled “Tokoname Yaki” – Green with japanese script
An exact match of the pot can be found on this website:
http://gray-seddon-tea.com/tokoname.shtml
(scroll about half way down – its the “Fire Stone teapot”)
Now…. as long as I’m at it, I’m looking for the cup that Jayne drinks out of in the movie – it’s a clay (or ceramic) cup with what appears to be a devils head on it. Anyone have any lead ins on who makes it? (Can anyone in LA scour rafu Bussan and hunt one down for me?)
-Peter