Ragtime: This is something you would see at the Gugenheim Art Museum. The whole thing is non-practical. Get one of the old Corning glass percolators and uses it as a teapot just like a million others do. And wash it with baking soda...duh! Sorry, not being offensive, just like dumb humour....
not exactly an originial idea, but none the less still interesting.
a very similar production item can be seen here:
http://www.passagems.com/accessories/h206_det.html