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Pattern List - Corning Ware Teapots
It seems that the 6 cup Corning Ware teapot entered the market in 1960. An exact date of discontinuance is not known, but since Shadow Iris and Pastel Bouquet are the last patterns to appear on these teapots, they must have disappeared soon after 1986.
The lists encompass all 3 cup & 6 cup teapots whether they are a Corelle match or not. There are also 2 quart P-105 teapots and they seem to be made in Blue Cornflower and Just White only.
Total so far (6 cup): 19.
6 Cup Teapots (P-104):
April
 Bantry
Blue Cornflower
Blue Heather
Canterbury
Chelsea
Country Festival
Floral Bouquet
Indian Summer
Just White
Lancaster
Meadow
Merry Mushrooms
Pastel Bouquet
Shadow Iris
Spice O' Life **
Strawberry Sunday
wheat design (gold) *
Wildflower
(Photo above right: Pastel Bouquet 6 cup teapot.)
6 cup teapots: Strawberry Sunday, Spice O' Life (no lettering, new version).
Less numerous are 3 cup teapots which may have been discontinued between 1970 and 1972.
3 Cup Teapots (P-103):
Blue Cornflower
Floral Bouquet
Just White
wheat design (gold) *
* - Official pattern name unknown.
** - With all permutations taken into account, there are actually four distinct versions of the Spice O' Life teapot. The French phrase, "Le The" may be present or absent, and the main design changed in the mid-1970s also. The oldest examples have a more leafy appearance, and this aspect was given a trim sometime before 1978. Comparing the herbs surrounding the edge of the pattern, the newer version has a more compact shape.
Floral Bouquet & Blue Cornflower 3 cup teapots.
In 1971 four special 6 cup teapots were available, called the "Garden of Teapots". The patterns were designed by Alice Kiernan, who was also one of the designers of Spice O' Life (1972). The Garden of Teapots includes: Bantry, Canterbury, Chelsea, Lancaster. Original packaging also dubbed these a "Partea Teapot".
Canterbury and Bantry from the Garden of Teapots.
Other Teapots:
 A newer style is the 8 cup Designer Teapot, a P-168. The pot itself is undecorated, but the lid and band are solid-coloured. There were four to choose from: Chocolate, Lemon, Cranberry, Blueberry. This type was introduced in 1983, and it was last available in 1985.
(Photo: Cranberry P-168 Designer Teapot, 8 cup. Image from 1985 catalogue.)
 The shape of the P-210 is very similar to the P-168, and it was made from 1983 to 1985 as well. But the P-210 was not meant to be a teapot, it was designed as a universal replacement carafe for all the major brands of automatic drip coffeemakers. It holds 10 cups and it was available in plain white only.
(Photo: 10 cup P-210 ADC carafe.)
Other shapes and sizes of teapots exist, but some pieces believed to be teapots are actually filter-drip coffee makers. A good example of this type is the P-106 from the mid 1970s. These came with a large plastic cone which held the paper filter and coffee grounds; it would stand on top of the pot while boiling water was poured in. The lids for these coffee pots are similar in style to teapot lids.
 Merry Mushrooms was a Sears exclusive from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. Different manufacturers supplied various types of products with this pattern, and Corning Ware was one of those. This pattern name is frequently spelled in the singular form, but backstamps and original packaging reveal that it is actually plural.
(Photo: Merry Mushrooms 2½ Qt casserole in the round 'Buffet Server' shape.)
Related Articles:
What about the French phrases on Spice O' Life?
April, Blue Heather, Indian Summer, Meadow
Wildflower
Strawberry Sunday
Spice O' Life
Pastel Bouquet, Shadow Iris
Blue Cornflower
Country Festival - 1975 Brochure
Floral Electromatic Percolators (1972)
Plastic Spout Percolators, Automatic & See-Thru (1973)
Corning Ware Coffee Percolator Recall
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