Mushrooms are more than just wild edibles – they’re powerful healing herbs that can help alleviate depression, increase energy levels and boost immunity.

Merry Mushroom was Sears’s flagship kitchen line during the 70s and 80s, selling cookware, tableware, and more.

Product Description

The vintage Sears Merry Mushroom enamel whistling teapot is an indispensable addition to your kitchen. Easy to use and great for heating up water or making tea, it makes an excellent present on any special occasion – made in America and complete with saucer; plus dishwasher safe too!

Merry Mushrooms was sold on more than just cookie jars and canisters. You could find this pattern on cookware, microwave ovens, coolers and wind chimes; in total there were more than 250 Merry Mushroom items sold at Sears alone! Their extensive collection can be seen in A Collector’s Guide to Merry Mushrooms which can be found online via Amazon.

This golden and brown teapot features mushroom designs on each side and features wooden handle and lid construction, measuring just 5.5 inches tall (excluding handle) and 8 inches from tip of spout to other side. In excellent condition with just minor chips to note.

There are various shroom tea recipes and brewing methods, the most common being adding ground mushrooms and hot water into a pot and letting it steep for 10-15 minutes before enjoying either as tea itself or adding it into other foods, like eggs or smoothies.

Mushroom tea offers numerous health advantages, from immune system support and energy boosts, to helping reduce stress and anxiety and weight loss, depression relief and depression prevention. Mushroom tea is not only delicious; it can be great for your wellbeing! To keep it fresh for maximum effectiveness it should be stored in a cool, dry area. For alternative ingredients you could also make this drink using dried mushrooms for optimal results.

Product Features

For fans of kitsch or retro, the mushroom motif was available on numerous products like cookie jars and canisters, teapots, mugs, planters, microwave cookware, coolers, wind chimes and more.

Sears catalogs or online, the colors of pieces were not always easily identified. Most enamel whistling tea kettles from 1972-75 were yellow; then Almond between 1976-1980 (Spring/Summer and Wish Book). Non-whistling kettles with curved spout and bent wooden handle are more difficult to distinguish; their photos sometimes make them appear light Yellow or Almond; it is best to see an item in person before making a judgment call based on online or catalog pictures alone.

This kettle represents a transitional piece in that it was offered from 1976-77 with yellow colors before becoming part of the 1978-1982 Kettle line which featured curved spout and black plastic knob features. Furthermore, this particular model is unique because it was also offered as the smallest 2-quart kettle available. Most other pieces in this pattern feature darker yellow hues with the same curved spout and bent wooden handle, similar to this particular kettle.

Product Specifications

Sears offered several kitchen coordinate lines during this era; Merry Mushroom tea kettle is part of Sears’ Kitchen Coordinate Line (KCL). KCL included every type of cookware, tableware, storage space, and more that you might find in any stylish 1970s kitchen – Merry Mushroom was one of their largest and longest running patterns from this era.

Tea Kettles in the Merry Mushroom pattern were available in Gold from 1972-1975, Yellow from 1976 through the Spring/Summer and Wish Book of 1980, and then Almond briefly during Fall/Winter 1980-1981 – though their availability can be difficult to discern through catalogs and online photos.

No matter your taste in mushrooms or tea, this enamel pin makes an eye-catching statement piece for your collection. Measuring at 1.125 inches, this pin can be displayed proudly on lapels, hats, backpacks or wherever else it might fit best!

Merry Mushrooms now has its own collector’s guide! This book covers every piece ever produced with this pattern and its history; including design details such as its color chart. Perfect for anyone interested in collecting vintage mushroom cookware from the 1970s as well as color coding charts to aid identification and date estimation! Written by an established eBay seller with many positive feedback reviews; only guide of its kind!

Product Warranty

Sears offered several kitchen coordinate lines during the 70’s that offered everything necessary to outfit a swinging 70’s kitchen, from appliances and dishes to linens and cookware. Some lines lasted only for one or two years while others continued for decades or longer.

Merry Mushrooms was an extremely successful line, created by artist Joe Cariello and featuring vibrant golden-brown mushrooms emblazoned across colorful ceramic and glass pieces as well as accessories. It became available across many cookware collections as well.

Tea kettles were the hardest pieces in this collection to identify accurately, particularly whistling kettles from 1972 through 1975 and 1977-1980 (Spring/Summer 1980 and Wish Book 1980) then Almond (Fall/Winter 1980-1982). But non-whistling kettles proved more elusive due to catalog images which sometimes appeared similar; depending on background color and lighting effects they may have looked light yellow or almond in color – making identification tricky at best!

But with patience and study, collectors can gain a good idea of their find. This particular kettle is unquestionably Yellow; in fact it was Sears’ final 2-quart teakettle in this style with its characteristic curved spout and bent all-wood handle which would later reappear in later kettles; making this piece the ideal transitional piece – not to mention lighter and boasting much brighter hue.