Time to get down to your local pottery and get them to make you one to your own design, or get them to teach you how to make it
Did you see River Cottage on the TV last week? A potter made Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall a few chicken pots for his oven and they were great pieces of craftmanship.
Getting the local potter to make one would have probably been the norm just 50 years ago and it would be an instant conversation piece everytime you pour a cuppa for someone