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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 224407, member: 136"]Thanks, all, for the input!</p><p><br /></p><p>Like some of you, I thought flowers, too... But then, wouldn't they get in the way of whatever was in the middle? (Or maybe it's actually missing something - perhaps a little center vase of some sort?)</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that it wouldn't make a very good trinket dish! Candles? Hmmm, maybe, but those "pillar" things are <i>square</i> - sort of an odd shape for a candle base. Or maybe a pillar candle goes in the middle, with flowers at the sides? (Sounds pretty...)</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought of maybe a warming stand, too - but then, why would the side pieces be open at the top? (and yes, the finish would likely get destroyed.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Chopsticks? Probably not, but then again, why not?!</p><p><br /></p><p>I was even trying to picture it on a lady's dressing table - perhaps with little brushes in the "pillars" - but that didn't quite seem right, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, maybe we will never know for sure. The darn thing just caught my attention, and I thought I was being dim by not knowing what it was!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again, everybody![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 224407, member: 136"]Thanks, all, for the input! Like some of you, I thought flowers, too... But then, wouldn't they get in the way of whatever was in the middle? (Or maybe it's actually missing something - perhaps a little center vase of some sort?) I agree that it wouldn't make a very good trinket dish! Candles? Hmmm, maybe, but those "pillar" things are [I]square[/I] - sort of an odd shape for a candle base. Or maybe a pillar candle goes in the middle, with flowers at the sides? (Sounds pretty...) I thought of maybe a warming stand, too - but then, why would the side pieces be open at the top? (and yes, the finish would likely get destroyed.) Chopsticks? Probably not, but then again, why not?! I was even trying to picture it on a lady's dressing table - perhaps with little brushes in the "pillars" - but that didn't quite seem right, either. Well, maybe we will never know for sure. The darn thing just caught my attention, and I thought I was being dim by not knowing what it was! Thanks again, everybody![/QUOTE]
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