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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kardinalisimo, post: 155335, member: 118&quot;]Thanks. That seems to be the same shape and indeed the only 12 sided piece I can find.</p><p>$150 is not bad for 2003. In general old Japanese kettles have gone up in value since then.</p><p>But the missing lid on mine will kill the sale price.</p><p>By the way, I see a lot of cast iron kettles with bronze/brass lids. Wonder why? And I&#039;d think most of them are original but not replacements as they are signed on the underside.</p><p>It was interesting to learn that &#039;tetsubin&#039; kettles are only for boiling water but not brewing tea. And they differ from cast iron teapots as the interiors are not coated but left bear iron.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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