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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 7910660, member: 76316"]1 7/8" x 1 1/8" footprint; kettle is ~7/8" diameter; it weighs ~1 1/2 oz total</p><p><br /></p><p>The kettle is missing its bale, an' its lid doesn't come off. The wee hole at the near RH corner <i>may</i> be to allow the main body to be used as a water dropper, a suiteki, so perhaps the glass insert <i>doesn't</i> make it an inkwell. All 5 of the drawer pulls are loose, and swing.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was well polished when I got it, 30 plus years ago...now not so much. One clue about its age is the 950 sterling mark...when was this correct in Japan? Not post-war, I think. Have any of you seen one like this, or similar? Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424773[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424774[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424775[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424777[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424780[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 7910660, member: 76316"]1 7/8" x 1 1/8" footprint; kettle is ~7/8" diameter; it weighs ~1 1/2 oz total The kettle is missing its bale, an' its lid doesn't come off. The wee hole at the near RH corner [I]may[/I] be to allow the main body to be used as a water dropper, a suiteki, so perhaps the glass insert [I]doesn't[/I] make it an inkwell. All 5 of the drawer pulls are loose, and swing. It was well polished when I got it, 30 plus years ago...now not so much. One clue about its age is the 950 sterling mark...when was this correct in Japan? Not post-war, I think. Have any of you seen one like this, or similar? Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]424773[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424774[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424775[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424777[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424780[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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