One of Thorley’s most imaginative teapot designs resembled the fabled genie’s lamp from the story of Aladdin, an old Arabic folk tale commonly found in early twentieth-century American popular culture. Thorley’s design originally had an oval top opening and lid, as seen in the green example here. A few years later Thorley developed a version with a round opening and cover that included an infuser to filter the tea like a teabag, as seen in the yellow example here. The Aladdin teapot proved so popular that it continued to be made in several sizes until the mid 1970s.