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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 10323554, member: 76316&quot;]In response to a <i>single</i> heart-wrenching request: [USER=16283]@bosko69[/USER] </p><p>These are tokkuri, used to warm sake prior to serving. They were made by Ichirakusai, who&#039;s signature an&#039; seal are on the inner surface of their tomobako&#039;s cover (pic 2); the outer face states: Flower Hammer Finish, Pure Silver Wine Warmer, One Pair. A more complete description, courtesy of <b><i>I. Nagy</i></b>, will be in my very next post</p><p>Dimensions, etc. are as follows: Height overall ~130mm, height to rim ~94mm, major diameter ~53mm; each weigh ~112 grams.</p><p>These were among my uncle Leonard&#039;s bring-back hoard from ~7 years in MacArthur&#039;s GHQ era (August 1945 to early 1952). They were given to my Dad, his brother, who passed them to me. Thanks for lookin&#039;!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]518888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518889[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518891[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518892[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518893[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518894[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518895[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518896[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518897[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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