Got it yesterday, in a well packaged box. It looks beautiful. The glass infuser is like a regular glass cup but with a few cut openings near the bottom for the steeped tea liquid to get out of the infuser into the teapot. This results in slower steeping than using a mesh metal infuser, which has openings everywhere. But this is okay for me. For faster steeping, I can simply pull up the infuser so that the steeped tea liquid flows into the teapot by gravity.

It looks delicate and the round glass cover looks very thin. I hope the teapot will not break too soon. The top opening is too small for my hand to get in to clean it. But it will be fine for small hands. I filled the teapot with boiling water without any problems. It looks great. (Posted on 2/12/11)

I really wanted this teapot and while it is worth $50 I only paid $30 when it went on sale and am very happy with it. It's made very well and I've used it daily. It's very elegant and the nicest one I've ever seen. (Posted on 2/12/11)