The order was processed and shipped quickly. It's just for the stand, which was made in India. I am very pleased with the design and ease of assembling this cake stand. It has a very nicely polished finish. The design is reminiscent of a 'deco' diner type stand. The 2 metal cones meet at their narrow ends, the bolt enters the topside of the stand plate and snugs its squared head into the hole, and goes down into the first cone that fits flush underneath the plate and then into the base cone (so pointy ends meeting), where a wing nut threads on inside that base and is tightened to just snug, not too tight. The base cone is the one with the rolled rim, the top cone is the one with the thin rim. Took less than a minute to assemble. There were 3 stickers on the plate upper surface, 1 left residue which "goo gone" removed after a minute or 2 soak and a gentle rub with a folded paper towel --with the grain of the steel, not across it. A quick hand wash with some dish detergent, dried with paper towels, with a little buffing, looks just great. I don't know what the weight capacity of this is, but in diners, I've only seen doughnuts or danishes, or muffins on such a stand. So my guess is it will comfortably hold about 2 dozen 2 ounce muffins or about 3 pounds. Remember, it's bolted not welded together It might hold more, but I'm not planning on having that much temptation around. Easy to clean, won't chip or shatter. And just looks so inviting with a white paper doily on it. I'm getting the plastic cover, too but that's a separate delivery. There is a low rim on the plate, which I wanted and a channel that runs next to it, which looks like where the cover seats. So that should keep the goodies on the plate, collect crumbs, keep the dust off etc. I like the stainless steel for a sanitary surface. The ceramic and glass have that too, but I needed something chip/crack/shatter resistant so my hubby would feel more comfortable grabbing a pastry for breakfast. The diner look can be upscaled. It can be decorated with flowers around the base, or a sparkly scarf draped over first, and then the goodies arranged on top, to change the look. Could put little ornament hooks from the channel with dangling crystals hung around like some of the 'bridal' cake stands. I'm going to have fun with this Wimco stainless steel 13 inch cake display stand!
