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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;R. Antonis, post: 262366, member: 3943&quot;]Hi everybody!!</p><p><br /></p><p>For the ones who liked my last post, I promised to let you know when my</p><p>opaline tea box would arrive.</p><p><br /></p><p>And it did!&nbsp; After a long week it finally arrived this afternoon.</p><p>I&#039;ve bought to of the boxes before (in the past 3 months or so)</p><p>and to my pleasant surprise, this one is way bigger than the 2 before.</p><p><br /></p><p>In contradiction to the last 2, this one also came with a beautiful underdish.</p><p><br /></p><p>This <b>supersized tea box</b> measures:</p><p><br /></p><p>Box&#039; Height:&nbsp;&nbsp; 7,5 cm/ 2,95 inch.</p><p>Box&#039; Length: 15,4 cm/ 6,06 inch.</p><p>Box&#039; Width:&nbsp;&nbsp; 11&nbsp;&nbsp; cm/ 4,33 inch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Length Underdish:&nbsp; 21,9 cm/ 8,62 inch.</p><p>Width&nbsp; Underdish:&nbsp; &nbsp; 7,4 cm/ 2,91 inch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Total weight:&nbsp; !! 1,224 KG !!</p><p>_________________________________</p><p><br /></p><p>The silver plaquette and the rim around the box both contain a Dutch old sword as silver hallmark, meaning it&#039;s 19th Century.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has no makers hallmark.</p><p><br /></p><p>I expect it to be made by the same Dutch company as the other ones. </p><p>(Baksteen &amp; Middendorp, Rotterdam)</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the other boxes had vertical lines cut in them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was happily surprised by the size of it, plus the fact that there was an underdish.</p><p>I bought it immediately. There were no dimensions mentioned, and my French isn&#039;t that good, so I wasn&#039;t sure about the dish.</p><p><br /></p><p>MAde my day!</p><p><br /></p><p>I also received another opaline glass box today.</p><p>I will placed this one later tomorrow or later this night.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]82198[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]82199[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]82200[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]82201[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]82202[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]82203[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]82204[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]82205[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]82206[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]82207[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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