I'm going to return this and I don't go through the hassle of a return stuff unless it's REALLY bad!  I thought I'd use these for the traditional "flour, sugar, coffee and tea".  The smallest canister wouldn't even hold 6 tea bags.  The largest was too small for a bag of flour.  Same with the sugar.  The dimensions are from the bottom to the top of the "knob" on the lid.  The inside is MUCH smaller.  On the plus side, they are BEAUTIFUL and very high quality.  Just not gonna work for what I wanted them for.