Tea Infuser MT 49

Created in the Bauhaus metal workshop, Marianne Brandt's MT 49 teapot represented a radical departure from traditional decorative housewares. As one of the first women to break into the previously male-dominated metallurgy workshop, Brandt introduced a distinctly geometric approach to domestic objects, using pure forms like spheres and half-spheres to create functional pieces that challenged conventional ideas about how everyday items should look and feel.

The teapot's design, with its perfect hemisphere body, industrial materials, and stark geometric handle, embodied the Bauhaus vision of merging art with industrial production. Though initially shocking to mainstream consumers accustomed to ornate domestic items, its stripped-down aesthetic and emphasis on pure geometric forms would profoundly influence industrial design throughout the 20th century. The piece demonstrates how experimental approaches from within the Bauhaus metal workshop helped transform mainstream product design, shifting domestic objects away from decoration toward geometric minimalism.