Antique Japanese Hand-painted Enameled Tin Chazutsu (Tea Canister) with Silver Dragonflies old Newbury crafters mouse most definitely

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relatively humble one was made from cigar box wood I believe

thought to be Mid-Western

shorter than one typically sees

in 1956 to study at the University of Texas

Antique Japanese Hand-painted Enameled Tin Chazutsu (Tea Canister) with Silver Dragonflies old Newbury crafters mouse most definitelyHard to photograph because the gorgeous soft red on it pretty much glows, giving it a soft edge in photos but this is really a beautiful thing. C. late 19th c. Japanese I believe, with a pair of dragonfly painted in silver with tiny black eyes, this I believe would be referred to as a chazutsu, or tin for holding tea which it would do very well again now, though just beautiful set someone, especially alongside some silver of any sort or collection of