Sourced from a Jingdezhen workshop, selected by Sandry Law
This water-spitter didn’t come from a catalogue. Sandry Law, our Head of Procurement based in Kunming, first encountered it on a sourcing trip to Jingdezhen in early autumn 2025. While the city is famed for imperial porcelain, Sandry had been tracing a small workshop on the outskirts — a family of mold-makers who still hand-carve dragon motifs using bamboo tools passed down three generations. Their water-spitters are rarely exported, sold mostly to local tea houses that prize the subtle, clear tone of their singing. Sandry spent two days at the workshop, watching the entire process: from slip-casting the porcelain body to the delicate underglaze painting of the dragon’s whiskers and the final, 1320°C reduction firing. The result is a piece that feels at once ancient and alive. Sandry’s choice to bring this spitter into the tea.toys collection reflects his insistence on quality — not just a functional object, but a small ritual embedded in every pour. Each one is stamped with the workshop’s seal and packed in a simple wooden box, ready to become the quiet heart of your tea tray.