it is beautiful, but if you plan on having this as a family heirlomm of sorts it comes without any keepsake or storage box (good luck trying to find one) I called The Queen’s Treasures – where it is from and the woman said there was nothing (very nasty) and seemed overly perplaxed by my question. It is very fragile as evidenced by the note i recieved after it was returned. The note stated that all of the contents were broken. Odd because i saved all the origginal packing as well as the peanuts-I can only imagine how long of a shelf life this tea-set really has, and reccomend it for 12yo and up (a bit past tea party age)