back to the yellow bowl and the TEAPOT CONUNDRUM

Like I say yesterday, Susan is asking about yellow bowls on the big side, and you know, I gotta make some, and here is one finished. There are 2, each different, both whacked and whatnot.

OK, so Tony is over last week, having some tea for teatime. Tony is the real deal: Englishman, went to Cambridge and one of those ancient and drafty prep schools. Your typical TEA-TYPE. I ask what tea he wants, show him the selection and pull out my favorite 2 teapots. I make MY tea, and then I make HIS tea.

As a potter who makes a lot of teapots, you have to watch how people use them.
Frankly, people can be idiots when they use teapots. You assume they will HOLD THE LID when pouring, so it does not fall off. Some teapots have a locking lid or whatever, and there are some ways to make lids that don't easily fall when pouring, but doesn't everybody hold the lid????

Make no assumptions in Life: so, back to Tony, our real Englishman, smart, sweet natured, has the accent. He grabs a scone and lifts my favorite teapot to pour and as he does the pour one handed, I quick reach across the table to catch the lid falling off, before the wee elephant gets smashed to bits.
So much for sweet natured English tea types, even those with doctorates from Cambridge.
The potter has to do better.
So, I puzzled out how best to make a locking lid. You have to have this inset gallery, then cut notches and then add tabs to the lid. You have seen it on factory made teapots, and now I am gonna do it sometimes meself.