Sure, you can brew your tea in a carefully seasoned Yixing pot or a handcrafted cast iron Tetsubin, but where’s the fun in that? A current eBay auction offers you the chance to own your very own haunted teapot.

Haunted Teapot on eBay
(Republished with permission of the eBay seller.)

The seller explains:

I ended up taking a total of 20 pictures and they continued to come out like these. The face of this cat is creepy to start with…. As you can see in the second photo there is something else in the photo. I took the photos with fabric behind the tea pot. I can’t explain the dark shape in the pictures.

I think I’ll stick with the teapots I have, but if you’re looking for a conversation-starter for your next tea party, this might be it. :)