Soo…you know I collect fossils, right?
This little beauty is a particular treasure – a 180 million year old dactylioceras ammonite, possibly from either Germany or the UK. It comes with provenance too – it was a gift from Tom of the Living Fossil Gallery who originally got it from the great Warren Somerville. It’s perfectly formed and if you look very closely, you can see the leaf-like suture pattern on the top right of the spiral…
After seeing ammonite-imprinted pottery on a UK website, I asked my friend Steve Sheridan last year if I could commission him to make some ammonite tea bowls for me. He took an imprint of my fossil, then produced these absolutely stunning pieces for me…
Each has a wee ammonite – my wee ammonite – in the base. The one I’m using most often has a green celadon glaze and fits perfectly in my hands…
The blue celadon is slightly larger and a good size for herbal teas. I love how individual every single one of Steve’s bowls are…
I told Steve that I was more than happy for him to make these to sell, so if you’re interested, here’s a link to his website. This isn’t an ad though, I just think Steve and Trish are wonderful! ♥
Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 
The tea bowls are beautiful!
I’d buy them just for that beautiful glaze alone; the ammonite is a wonderful bonus!
How wonderful to have that ‘greet’ you when you finish your tea!
Lovely and so special.
Beautiful design and if I didn’t already have far too many ceramics including tea bowls I would get these.
So unique and gorgeous. What a way to make a cuppa a divine experience! Thanks for sharing, Celia, your posts are little rays of light always, but especially at this time x
These are so beautiful Celia!
I love ammonite too – these cups are truly wonderful
An absolutely perfect tea bowl for you Celia 😊
Beautiful Celia. Have you read the novel Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier ? It’s about an intrepid woman geologist in Lyme Regis in the Uk which has so many ammonites. It’s a wonderful places x
This is genius! I love it!
Wow I had to keep scrolling up and down – that is stunning Celia.
my husband gave me a necklace for Christmas made from ammonite, so i had to come on over to check out your ammonite tea bowls and i must say wow – they are delightful.
That was so cute cup😆
They are gorgeous. I love that if you didn’t know it was there you would drink you tea and find that wonderful pattern at the bottom of your cup!
Beautiful story and bowl.
I love everything about this – it must give you such joy to use this cup.. xx