I bought this kettle to go with our newly decorated kitchen. I felt that because it looked so beautiful it was worth the money. I was particularly keen on the traditional design; I felt it suited our 'country cottage' style kitchen nicely. In terms of its appearance this kettle was exactly what we wanted and the pouring action on the kettle was extremely good. I felt this was a really important feature; there is nothing worse than a kettle that spews water onto the work surfaces. The kettle only holds 1.5 litres of water, which is slightly under the average, but unless you have lots of people around for a coffee at one time, its not much of an issue. ...  Read the complete review