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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AuDragon, post: 379041, member: 6974&quot;]HI JayC, lovely Cadogan. I really like the crackle glaze and the overall look.</p><p>Some observers suggested you turned the pot over, used your finger to block the spout and filled from the bottom. Not sure about that for hot water though. I also read that they were used on British Rail so the water didn&#039;t leak or spill with the movement of the carriage.</p><p>FYI, some extra details from Gotheborg.com.</p><p><b><i>Cadogan</i></b></p><p>Cadogan, puzzle pot or &#039;Kendi Maling&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>Chinese lidless wine pot said to be named after the Honorable Mrs. Cadogan who brought a Chinese example to Britain and mystified her guests because there was no apparent means to fill the pot, sometimes referred to as a &quot;puzzle pot&quot;. The pot is filled when held upside down, through a hole in the base leading to a tube going upward inside the pot to within an inch of the top.</p><p><br /></p><p>Commonly found in the shape of a peach and in a combination of Celadon green and underglaze red, dating to around the Guangxu period. Rare blue and white examples in the shape also of a peach, occur from the mid decades of the 17th century. Later examples occurs throughout the 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>This shape is known in China as an &#039;upside down filling wine pot&#039;, <i>dao guan hu</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>See also <a href="http://gotheborg.com/glossary/kendimaling.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gotheborg.com/glossary/kendimaling.shtml" rel="nofollow">Kendi maling</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]130736[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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