Character of new tea urn (6)
I believe the answer is:
nature
'character' is the definition.
(I know that Nature is a literary character)
'new tea urn' is the wordplay.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'tea'+'urn'='teaurn'
'teaurn' with letters rearranged gives 'NATURE'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for nature that I've seen before include "The world with allits features and living things" , "variety" , "Essential qualities or characteristics" , "what's seen in the country?" , "Character - wildlife" .)