Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Containers (hierarchy name)
5. containers (receptacles)
6. [containers by function or context]
7. culinary containers
8. [containers for serving and consuming food]
9. [vessels for serving and consuming food]
10. [vessels for serving drinks]
11. teapots

Anotations

Scope note:

Teapots that rest on a stand usually having a warming device such as a spirit lamp. Sometimes the stand is merely to support the teapot without a heating device; such a teapot may have a rounded bottom, as it rests on the stand rather than on a flat surface.