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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 7925312, member: 360"]No. The recess is there to hold the teapot and grating in position (see photos). Not to hold any kind of lid, or cover. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, I don't buy the "inkwell" idea. Without an actual lid or cover to keep the dust and light out, and reduce evaporation, it couldn't be an inkwell. </p><p><br /></p><p>That, and it seems singularly useless to have an inkwell which you'd have to lift the teapot off every single time you wanted to use it, and then remove the lid, as well (assuming there ever was one, which I doubt). Most inkwell lids are hinged for ease of access.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 7925312, member: 360"]No. The recess is there to hold the teapot and grating in position (see photos). Not to hold any kind of lid, or cover. Sorry, I don't buy the "inkwell" idea. Without an actual lid or cover to keep the dust and light out, and reduce evaporation, it couldn't be an inkwell. That, and it seems singularly useless to have an inkwell which you'd have to lift the teapot off every single time you wanted to use it, and then remove the lid, as well (assuming there ever was one, which I doubt). Most inkwell lids are hinged for ease of access.[/QUOTE]
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