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<p>[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 1942910, member: 13874"]I have been collecting decanters in the past, not so many now. Many moves made them hard to transport so most were distributed to family members who had expressed interest in them. I owned, still have some, Orrefors, Kosta-Boda and Steuben decanters, and quite a few Bohemian. </p><p><br /></p><p>So having established a few bona fides I'd like to add my two cents: The stopper does not look original to the decanter. An original stopper would have been shaped more in line with the bottle. This one looks utterly wrong, too angular to go with the rest. Just my humble opinion but I think it's a "marriage of convenience".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 1942910, member: 13874"]I have been collecting decanters in the past, not so many now. Many moves made them hard to transport so most were distributed to family members who had expressed interest in them. I owned, still have some, Orrefors, Kosta-Boda and Steuben decanters, and quite a few Bohemian. So having established a few bona fides I'd like to add my two cents: The stopper does not look original to the decanter. An original stopper would have been shaped more in line with the bottle. This one looks utterly wrong, too angular to go with the rest. Just my humble opinion but I think it's a "marriage of convenience".[/QUOTE]
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