Bought this piece for my house-warming party. I used it to place grapes and chocolate. A nice piece for the table.

This item arrived in a box and inside it was so well wrapped - each piece wrapped in paper individually ... and since I ordered it to give as a wedding gift, I decided not to unwrap each piece to look at it. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get it all back together looking nice again and fitting inside the box. I trust that the item looks very pretty assembled, although I didn't not expect it to require assembly. I suppose that is to safeguard the item's separate pieces from damage during shipment.